Anton van Leeuwenhoek


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Noun1.Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
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It was not until the second half of the 1600s that scientists such as Robert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek built microscopes and observed and recorded microorganisms.
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Madrid.-El holandes Anton van Leeuwenhoek fue la primera persona que pudo mirar por un microscopio digno de tal nombre.
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About 350 years ago Anton van Leeuwenhoek first spotted bacteria in samples of saliva and pond water with a primitive microscope.
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Dutch cloth merchant Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is considered the father of microscopy.
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