Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch microbiologist (1632–1723)

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, 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.…