BIOLOGIST

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723

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Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( AHN-tə-nee vahn LAY-vən-hook, -⁠huuk; Dutch: [ˈɑntoːni vɑn ˈleːu.ə(n)ˌɦuk] ; 24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) 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. Van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his pioneering work in microscopy and for his contributions toward the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline. Raised in Delft, Dutch Republic, Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his youth and founded his own shop in 1654. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the 7th most popular biologist (down from 6th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Biologist.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch scientist who was the first person to observe single-celled organisms with a microscope.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ranks 7 out of 1,097Before him are Charles Darwin, Carl Linnaeus, Gregor Mendel, Alexander Fleming, James Watson, and Ivan Pavlov. After him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Ernst Haeckel, Konrad Lorenz, Rosalind Franklin, Karl Landsteiner, and Robert Edwards.

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Among people born in 1632, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ranks 4Before him are Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, and Johannes Vermeer. After him are Jean-Baptiste Lully, Samuel von Pufendorf, Christopher Wren, Jean Mabillon, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Michael I Apafi, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Among people deceased in 1723, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ranks 1After him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Dimitrie Cantemir, Christopher Wren, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Godfrey Kneller, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Zanabazar, Guillaume Dubois, and Antonio Maria Valsalva.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ranks 13 out of 1,646Before him are Piet Mondrian (1872), Johan Cruyff (1947), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), and Mata Hari (1876). After him are Christiaan Huygens (1629), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), and Hugo Grotius (1583).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ranks 1After him are Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Hugo de Vries (1848), Herman Boerhaave (1668), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), and Wilhem de Haan (1801).