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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
father of microbiology
his achievements
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in the world to find microscopic life by using a microscope
Leeuwenhoeks
beginning
hobby turned profession
Antoine went to school to become a draper but when he returned home he got a job as the chamberlain to the sheriffs of delft.
early start
Antoine had a hobby where he ground down lenses to study tiny objects.
smaller than a hair
in 1674 he discovered the first protozoa and a few years later he discovered the first bacteria which he found by isolating different sources of water i.e pond, rain and lake water.
first discovery's
littler things
in 1677 he documented what spermatozoa from humans, insects and dogs looks like.
more tiny things?!
he further studied insect mouth parts and human muscle striations. he also discovered that yeast is made up of bacteria Marcelo Malpighi’s demonstration in 1660 of the blood capillaries by giving the first accurate description of red blood cells.
more achievements
as antonie began to become more well known for his discovery's he started he joined the royal society
more discovery's
the royal society
one of antonie's friends put him in touch with the society which he joined in 1680 where most of his findings where released to the public
new friends
common knowledge
people in his time be leaved that insects occurred spontaneously or bred from corruption.
antonie showed that weevils of granaries actually came from eggs deposited by winged insects.
proving them wrong
books from info
Leeuwenhoek contributed 375 pieces of his work to the philosophical transactions.
contributions to scientific literature
two collections of his work were published during his life one in dutch: (1685-1718) and the other in Latin: (1715-22).