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Aug 22, 2024 · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa. His researches on lower animals refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and his observations helped lay the foundations for the sciences of bacteriology and protozoology.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek [note 2] FRS (/ ˈ ɑː n t ə n i v ɑː n ˈ l eɪ v ən h uː k,-h ʊ k / AHN-tə-nee vahn LAY-vən-hook, -huuk; Dutch: [ˈɑntoːni vɑn ˈleːu.ə(n)ˌɦuk] ⓘ; 24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the somewhat improbable father of microbiology. A moderately educated owner of a textile business, he learned how to make his own unique microscopes which offered unparalleled magnification.
Oct 24, 2023 · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was the most important microscopist of the Scientific Revolution. The Dutchman made over 500 microscopes, many with a magnification far superior to contemporary models.
- Mark Cartwright
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is known for his investigations using a microscope of his own design which allowed him to make discoveries such as protozoa...
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek invented the most powerful microscope then known, a device that used a glass bead instead of a flat lens.
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered various microscopic lifeforms and cells such as red blood cells.
Jul 21, 2019 · Anton van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632–August 30, 1723) invented the first practical microscopes and used them to become the first person to see and describe bacteria, among other microscopic discoveries.
- Mary Bellis
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.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a scientist from the Netherlands. He is known as the first microbiologist and also “the Father of Microbiology” because he was the first to observe bacteria underneath a microscope.
