Anton+van+Leeuwenhoek


 * ** Born: October 24, 1632 ** || ** Died: August 26, 1723 ** ||




 * **Location of Birth ** || **Delft, Netherlands **

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 * **What type of education did he receive? ** || **Anton Van Leeuwenhoek received a short education. He is listed as only attending school in Warmond. ** ||
 * **Where he was living when did he conduct his research? ** || **It doesn't say where he was when he conducted any of his research or experiences but I would guess that it was back in his home town Delft, Netherlands. **
 * **What was his major accomplishment in regards to our understanding of cells? ** || **Leeuwenhoek was "The Father of Microbiology". He discovered single-celled organisms. ****Leeuwenhoek discovered "protozoa" - the single-celled organisms and he called them "animalcules". He also improved the microscope and laid foundation for microbiology. He is often cited as the first microbiologist to study muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa and blood flow in capillaries. **

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 * **Did he receive credit for his accomplishment during his life time? ** || **He wasn't really rewarded because in 2673 he, himself reported his fist observation to the Royal Society. Later on after that, he was then elected a member of the society in 1680 and also continued his experiments for the rest of his life. **

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 * **What type of microscope did he use? ** || **<span style="color: #004cff; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;">Leeuwenhoek used a compound microscope **

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 * **<span style="color: #c200ff; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;">What other scientific accomplishments did he make? ** || **<span style="color: #c200ff; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Leeuwenhoek also discovered blood cells and microscopic nematodes. He studied structure of wood and crystals. During his life time Leeuwenhoek made over 500 microscopes to view specific objects. One of his earliest accomplishments in life is discovering the sperm from mollusecs, fish, amphibians, birds, mammals and animals. He eventually came to the conclusion fertilisation occurred when the spermatozoa penetrated the egg. ** ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;">Did he receive an awards or honor? ** || **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;"> No he didn't receive any awards for the discoveries. ** ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00c2; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;">Write your analogy upon one of the contributions he made to cell theory. ** || **<span style="color: #ff00c2; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;">Anton van Leeuwenhoek contributed many things to cell theory. He also made lots of discoveries. Some include **
 * <span style="color: #ff00c2; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 170%;">d discovering single celled organisms, bacteria, and spermatozoa. He also found out the shape and size of red blood cells. The greatest contribution he made to cell theory was discovering single celled organisms. **

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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">- Two collections of his works appeared during his life, one in Dutch (1685–1718) and the other in Latin (1715–22); a selection was translated by Samuel Hoole, The Select Works of Leeuwenhoek (1798–1807). <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">- He made his own lenses for the microscope making the lenses stronger. || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">http://www.history-of-the-microscope.org/anton-van-leeuwenhoek-microscope-history.php <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonie-van-Leeuwenhoek <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">https://www.famousscientists.org/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/ <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/van_leeuwenhoek_antonie.shtml ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Fun Facts || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">- Leeuwenhoek’s contributions to the Philosophical Transactions amounted to 375 and those to the Memoirs of the Paris Academy of Sciences to 27.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Fun Facts || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">- Leeuwenhoek’s contributions to the Philosophical Transactions amounted to 375 and those to the Memoirs of the Paris Academy of Sciences to 27.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Work Cited || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek