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Aug 22, 2024 · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa. His researches on lower animals refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and his observations helped lay the foundations for the sciences of bacteriology and protozoology.
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Anthemius took the matter into his own hands and decided to attack the Visigoths directly. He collected an army under the nominal leadership of his own son, Anthemiolus, but actually commanded by the generals Torisarius, Everdingus, and Hermianus.
Aug 2, 2016 · Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Photograph by Peter Horree, Alamy. According to my blog colleague Ed Yong, who describes this in his new book, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek didn’t go to college and didn’t...
Anthemius (died 472) was a Western Roman emperor who reigned from April 12, 467, to July 11, 472. The son-in-law of the Eastern emperor Marcian, Anthemius was appointed to his office by Marcian’s successor, Leo I, who wanted help in attacking the Vandals in North Africa.
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Nov 9, 2008 · Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to describe a single-celled organism that he named an “animalcule”. He was using a microscope to examine a sample of plaque he had scraped from his own teeth and made this observation:
Lived 1632 - 1723. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the somewhat improbable father of microbiology. A moderately educated owner of a textile business, he learned how to make his own unique microscopes which offered unparalleled magnification.
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Oct 23, 2018 · Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723, commonly known as the “Father of Microscopy,” was the first to construct a microscope that would allow people to see living microscopic organisms, bacteria, and protozoa. He was born into a family of tradesmen living in Delft in the Dutch Republic.
