How Did Leeuwenhoek Contribute To Microbiology

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was born on October 24th, 1632 and he died at age 90 on August 30. 1723. Leeuwenhoek was a scientist from Dutch, Netherlands and was also a tradesman. He contributed to the modifications of the microscope and helped in the improvement of microbiology. He made special lenses used in his microscope he had invented. Even though he didn’t have a lot of work or knowledge experience he was careful in watching details which made him skillful. This skill helped him make discoveries that were important in microbiology. It is said he was likely to have made the discovery of protozoa for the first time and soon the observation of bacteria. He also observed single celled organisms for the first time. He called them animalcules which we call microorganisms. Leeuwenhoek started out interested in the glass process but that interest soon lead him to the discovery …show more content…
Leeuwenhoek just like Galileo made major discoveries using newly invented tools. Both discoveries changed a lot of what people believed to be true then, that is one of the reasons why their discoveries were so big. When Leeuwenhoek learned how to grind lenses to put in his hand crafted microscope he used it to observe smaller organisms. Leeuwenhoek used information from other scientists such as Robert Hooke who wrote a book to further his observations and microscopes. The process of the making of lenses to me personally seems complicated, It started out by, “placing the middle of a small rod of soda lime glass in a hot flame, van Leeuwenhoek could pull the hot section apart like taffy to create two long whiskers of glass. By then reinserting the end of one whisker into the flame, he could create a very