Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723
Dutch cloth merchant and self-taught scientist who used his handcrafted microscopes to become the first person to observe bacteria and other microorganisms.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
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- Mei Wending (1633–1721) Overlapped 88 years →
- Isaac Newton (1643–1727) Overlapped 80 years →
- Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) Overlapped 79 years →
- Louis XIV (1638–1715) Overlapped 77 years →
- Aurangzeb (1618–1707) Overlapped 75 years →
Life events
Birth
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First observed single-celled microorganisms, which he called "animalcules"
1674
His observations of lake water opened the field of microbiology.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Achievement
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Reported the first observations of bacteria
1676
Achievement
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Elected a fellow of the Royal Society
1680
Career
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Death
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