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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, the Netherlands

October 24, 1632 - August 30, 1723

He is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and considered to be the first microbiologist

He was born the son of a basket maker

At age 16, he secured an apprenticeship with a Scottish cloth merchant in Amsterdam

Jan Verkolje - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

University of California, Berkeley article on Van Leeuwenhoek

Microscopic Section through one year old ash tree (Fraxinus) wood, drawing made by Van Leeuwenhoek

Drawing of Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes by Henry Baker, 1756

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University of California, Berkeley article on Van Leeuwenhoek

Retrospective paper on the Leeuwenhoek research by

Dutch online biography of Van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch online biography of Van Leeuwenhoek

Microscopic Section through one year old ash tree (Fraxinus) wood, drawing made by Van Leeuwenhoek

Jan Verkolje - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Drawing of Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes by Henry Baker, 1756

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He is best known for his work on the improvement of the microscope and for his contributions towards the establishment of microbiology

Retrospective paper on the Leeuwenhoek research by

In 1648 in Amsterdam Van Leeuwenhoek saw his first simple microscope, a magnifying glass mounted on a small stand used by textile merchants capable of magnifying to a power of 3

was a Dutch Reformed Calvinist

After developing his method for creating powerful lenses and applying them to a thorough study of the microscopic world, Leeuwenhoek was introduced via correspondence to the English Royal Society by the famous Dutch Physician Regnier de Graaf

was a contemporary of another famous Delft citizen, painter Johannes Vermeer, who was baptized just four days earlier

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