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ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK
(CONTRIBUTION TO MICROBIOLOGY)
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632 -1723)
DD
Populary known as Father of Microbiology
Born on 24.10.1632 at Delft , Netherlands
Owned a textile business
Dutch Microbiologist
He ground glasses and prepared hand made lenses
Prepared singled lensed microscopes initially to observed
textile quality and later his lenses were used to observe small
organisms by him
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist to observe
microbes
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK
Leeuwenhoek’s animalcules drawing
Observed bacteria, fungi using his hand made
microscopes
He described the microbes found in rainwater as
animalcules
Made more than 500 microscopes and the
magnification power of his lenses were 200-300
times
Elected as a member of Royal Society

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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

  • 2. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632 -1723) DD Populary known as Father of Microbiology Born on 24.10.1632 at Delft , Netherlands Owned a textile business Dutch Microbiologist He ground glasses and prepared hand made lenses Prepared singled lensed microscopes initially to observed textile quality and later his lenses were used to observe small organisms by him Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist to observe microbes
  • 3. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK Leeuwenhoek’s animalcules drawing Observed bacteria, fungi using his hand made microscopes He described the microbes found in rainwater as animalcules Made more than 500 microscopes and the magnification power of his lenses were 200-300 times Elected as a member of Royal Society