Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek[note 2] FRS (/ ˈɑːntəni vɑːn ˈleɪvənhuːk, - hʊk / AHN-tə-nee vahn LAY-vən-hook, -⁠huuk; Dutch: [ˈɑntoːni vɑn ˈleːu.ə (n)ˌɦuk] ⓘ; 24 October 1632 – 26 …

Oct 20, 2025 · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa. His researches on lower animals refuted the doctrine of spontaneous …

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 …

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 …

Aug 23, 2024 · The Dutch scientist and entrepreneur Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) was the first to discover and describe microorganisms (protists, bacteria), living beings he …

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch cloth merchant by trade, and one of the first microscopists. He examined a wide variety of objects with his microscope - from bees to exploding …

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek saw incredibly small animals and particles everywhere: in well water, semen, the contents of blackheads and everything else he looked at through his ingenious self …

As well as being the father of microbiology, van Leeuwenhoek laid the foundations of plant anatomy and became an expert on animal reproduction.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was a 17th-century Dutch scientist renowned for his pioneering contributions to microscopy, which laid the groundwork for modern bacteriology and …

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a famous Dutch scientist who made simple microscopes that were able to magnify objects over 275 times, an amazing feat for the period.