In September 2008 at Kauffman Stadium, Bol Bol accompanied his father, Manute Bol, who was being honored for his work with Sudanese refugees. File photo by John Sleezer The Kansas City Star. Portrait of Bol Bol, son of former NBA star Manute Bol. Bol is a 6'-10'' freshman at Bishop Miege High School.
The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, who named the biological units for their resemblance to cells inhabited by Christian monks in a monastery.
Robert Hooke discovered cells under a microscope in 1665. He took a sliver of cork and called the small encasements he saw, cells. They were dead cells, though.<br />The first person to see living cells, was a man named Anton van Leeuwenhoek. He took pond water and observed that under a microscope. Robert Hooke discovered cells under a microscope in 1665. He took a sliver of cork and called the small encasements he saw, cells. They were dead cells, though.<br />The first person to see living cells, was a man named Anton van Leeuwenhoek.