Dutch tradesman and self-taught microscopist who ground his own tiny, powerful single lenses from the 1670s onward, reaching magnifications well beyond the compound microscopes of his day. Using them he became the first person to observe and describe bacteria, protozoa, spermatozoa and red blood cells, founding the science of microbiology through roughly 560 letters he sent describing what he saw.
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FieldMicrobiology and microscopy 1 Field
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Source Wikipedia: Microbiology
Invented
Microscope, Instruments Built his own single-lens microscopes from the 1670s onward, reaching far higher magnification than the compound microscopes of his day, and became the first person to observe bacteria and protozoa; this achievement is separate from, and better documented than, the disputed 1590s compound-microscope claims.
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1. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Wikipedia)
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Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( 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 art, science and technology.
- Invented: Microscope
- Works In: Microbiology
View the Source 2. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Wikidata)
P570 (date of death): year
+1723-08-26T00:00:00Z
P570 (date of death): full date
+1723-08-26T00:00:00Z
P27 (country of citizenship): Dutch Republic
Q170072
P20 (place of death): Delft, Netherlands
Q690
P19 (place of birth): Delft, Netherlands
Q690
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