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Who is credited with the discovery of the first dead cell in a slice of cork?
ARobert Brown
BRobert Hooke
CAnton van Leeuwenhoek
DTheodore Schwann
✓ Correct Answer: B — Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke observed box-like structures in cork in 1665 and named them 'cells'.
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