2006-08-24 03:09:48 · 5 answers · asked by Mercyfull 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It depends on your definition of a compound microscope. Robert Hooke, an English scientist was the the first to observe cells and is credited with giving rise to the name cells. He first observed them in 1665 while looking at a slice of cork through a microscope lens. This lens magnified the cork at a value of 30X. While maybe not a fancy compound microscope, I also give credit for seeing the first cells to Robert Hooke.
If you are curious about others in the history of the microscope, I have also sent the link of a timeline.
2006-08-24 04:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Antony van Leeuwenhoek was an unlikely scientist. A tradesman of Delft, Holland, he came from a family of tradesmen, had no fortune, received no higher education or university degrees, and knew no languages other than his native Dutch. This would have been enough to exclude him from the scientific community of his time completely. Yet with skill, diligence, an endless curiosity, and an open mind free of the scientific dogma of his day, Leeuwenhoek succeeded in making some of the most important discoveries in the history of biology. It was he who discovered bacteria, free-living and parasitic microscopic protists, sperm cells, blood cells, microscopic nematodes and rotifers, and much more. His researches, which were widely circulated, opened up an entire world of microscopic life to the awareness of scientists.
2006-08-24 10:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by wittlewabbit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Hooke.
2006-08-24 10:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by queryboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a Scotsman, I'm sure.
2006-08-24 10:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by madbaldscotsman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was antony van leewenhok.
2006-08-24 10:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋