Who coined the word ‘cell’ in the 1600s, from the Latin word ‘cellula’, meaning ‘small room’?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (b) Robert Hooke.
· Robert Hooke, a British scientist, is credited with coining the term 'cell' in the 1600s.
· He derived the term from the Latin word 'cellula,' meaning 'small room' or 'cell.'
· In 1665, Hooke published his findings in "Micrographia," where he used a microscope to examine a thin slice of cork and observed small compartments resembling cells in a honeycomb structure.
· This marked the first recorded use of the term 'cell' in biology to describe the basic structural unit of living organisms.
Facts to remember:
· Louis Pasteur was a French biologist and chemist known for his discoveries in microbiology, including pasteurization and vaccinations.
· Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist who formulated the cell theory with Matthias Schleiden, stating that all living organisms are composed of cells.
· Lynn Margulis was an American biologist known for her theory of symbiogenesis, proposing that organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts originated from symbiotic relationships between ancient prokaryotic cells.