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With these instruments and his outstanding preparation and observation techniques, he was the first to see and describe red blood cells, bacteria and many other things.

He made his own lenses and small hand-held microscopes which were more versatile than most other devices at the time.

Leeuwenhoek, born in Delft in the Netherlands in 1632, developed himself into one of the most prolific early microscopists. He had been corresponding with the Royal Society for fifty years. Three hundred years ago the Dutch microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek died. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and his impact on the history of microscopyĪ celebration of the work of Dutch microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723) and the development of microscopy to the present day.