People · researcher
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1632–1723 · Microbiology
- Lifespan
- 1632–1723
- Field
- Microbiology
- Nationality
- Dutch
Known For
A draper with no training who ground his own lenses past 270× and was the first to see bacteria, protists and spermatozoa — then reported them to the Royal Society for fifty years.
Open on the People shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.