Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek FRS (born October 24, 1632, Delft, Netherlands—died August 26, 1723, Delft) was a Dutch businessman and scientist 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.…more