Match the description below to the correct name from this list.
-Proposed the cell theory
A)Robert Hooke
B)Rudolph Kölliker
C)Naegeli and Cramer
D)Schleiden and Schwann
E)Antony van Leeuwenhoek
F)Richard Altmann
G)Ernst Ruska

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Schleiden and Schwann proposed the cell theory, stating that all living organisms are composed of cells, and that cells are the basic unit of life.

Answer: A
 Robert Hooke was a British scientist who first described cells and coined the term "cell" to describe the structural units he observed in cork cells.

Answer: E
 Antony van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch microscope maker and biologist who used his own handcrafted microscopes to observe and describe single-celled organisms, including bacteria, protozoa, and algae.

Answer: G
 Ernst Ruska was a German physicist who, along with Max Knoll, developed the first electron microscope in 1931.

The other choices (B, C, and F) do not match the description of proposing the cell theory.

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