The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723)

Naturalist, commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology" Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek Authority - early modern
 Relevant locations: Birth place in Delft, South Holland
 Relationships: Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek was a member of Royal Society (-)

Alexander Stewart (-fl. 1711) was a visitor to the collection of Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Extract of a Letter, written to the Publisher by Mr. Leeuwenhoek from Delft, April 21. 1676; Concerning the Texture of Trees, and some remarkable discovery in Wine; together with some Notes thereon*.
as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Part of a letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. to John Chamberlayne, Esq; F. R. S. concerning the vitrifyed salts of calcin'd hay.
 References in Documents:
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669) Extract of a Letter, written to the Publisher by Mr. Leeuwenhoek from Delft, April 21. 1676; Concerning the Texture of Trees, and some remarkable discovery in Wine; together with some Notes thereon*