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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 301 years ago |
Date of birth | October 24,1632 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Delft |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | August 26,1723 |
Died | Delft |
Netherlands | |
Nationality | Dutch |
Full name | Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek |
Spouse | Barbara de Mey |
Children | Margrieta Leeuwenhoek |
Maria van Leeuwenhoek | |
Philips Leeuwenhoek | |
Parents | Philips Antonisz van Leeuwenhoek |
Margaretha Bel van den Berch | |
Books | The Collected Letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek - Volume 9 |
Siblings | Geertruyt van Leeuwenhoek |
Neeltje van Leeuwenhoek | |
Margriet van Leeuwenhoek | |
Influence | Robert Hooke |
Regnier de Graaf | |
Jan Swammerdam | |
Place of burial | Old Church, Delft, Netherlands |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 414573 |
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Life story
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek FRS was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists.