The 17th-century cloth merchant who discovered the vast realm of tiny microbes - an appreciation of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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The 17th-century cloth merchant who discovered the vast realm of tiny microbes - an appreciation of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
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Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
(THE CONVERSATION) Imagine trying to cope with a pandemic like COVID-19 in a world where microscopic life was unknown. Prior to the 17th century, people were limited by what they could see with their own two eyes. But then a Dutch cloth merchant changed everything.
His name was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and he lived from 1632 to 1723. Although untrained in science, van Leeuwenhoek became the greatest lens-maker of his day, discovered microscopic life forms and is known today as the “father of microbiology.”

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