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Birth of Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born in they city of Delft, Netherlands -
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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His father died at an early age
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Antonie moved from Delft to serve an apprenticeship as a linen drape
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He came back to Delft and established his own drapery business
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He married Barbara de Mey
His first wife -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's first wife died
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek learned to grind lenses
He also learned how to use them to make very simple hand-held microscopes -
Leeuwenhoek remarried
Her name was Cornelia Swalmius. -
Earliest observations published
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to see and describe bacteria
He was also the first to see yeast plants and the teeming life in a drop of water. -
In 1680 he was elected a full member of the Royal Societ
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was asked to demonstrate circulation of the blood
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek died
