Which two scientists are credited for the invention of the first microscope? Check all that apply.Hans Janssen Zacharias JanssenRobert HookeRudolf VirchowAnton van Leeuwenhoek

The first compound microscope is commonly credited to Dutch spectacle makers Hans Janssen and his son Zacharias Janssen, around the late 1500s. Robert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek later made important advances in microscopy, but they are not credited with inventing the first microscope.

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