Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (24 oct. 1632 – 26 août 1723)
Description:
* he was a linen merchant who developed lenses to view the quality of the threads which was a single-lens microscope magnified 300. Leeuwenhoek was the 1st to observe living microbes that he called "animalcules" in 1674. The first representation of bacteria is to be found in a drawing by Leeuwenhoek in 1683.* never went to a university. Just worked at a textile shop and then started his scientific work on his own
* (interesting fact) had 5 kids but only 1 survived
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
24 oct. 1632
26 août 1723
~ 90 years