DUTCH SCIENTIST
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
DUTCH SCIENTIST
BORN
October 24, 1632
DIED
August 26, 1723 (aged 90)
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, (born October 24, 1632, Delft, Netherlands—died August 26, 1723, Delft), 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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