Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch tradesman, is credited as the 'father of microbiology'. In the 1670s, using his own handcrafted, high-quality single-lens microscopes (which could magnify up to 270x), he was the first person to observe and describe living, single-celled organisms, which he called 'animalcules'. These included bacteria, protozoa, and spermatozoa. Robert Hooke observed dead cells (cork) and coined the term 'cell'.
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