Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Inventors
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: Leeuwenhoek took the microscope when it was a new and undeveloped instrument and made it a significant tool for scientific research. He built the best microscopes anyone was to have for another two centuries, and he discovered a new world of living organisms, never before seen by human eyes.
Early Life
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the son of a basket-maker, Philips Antonyszoon van Leeuwenhoek, and his wife, Margaretha. Antoni’s father died when the boy was about seven, and about two years later his mother remarried. About that time,...
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