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Authorised form of namevan Leeuwenhoek; Antoni (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist
Other forms of nameAntonj
Antoni van
Antonie
Other forms of surnameLeeuwenhoeck
Leuvenhoek
Leeuwenhoek
Dates1632 - 1723
NationalityDutch
Place of birthDelft, Dutch Republic [modern day Netherlands], Europe
Date of birth24 October 1632
Place of deathDelft, Dutch Republic [modern day Netherlands], Europe
Date of death26 August 1723
Dates and placesBurial:
Oude Kerk [Old Church], Delft, Dutch Republic [modern day Netherlands], Europe (30 August 1723)
OccupationCivil servant; Merchant
Research fieldNatural sciences
Microscopy
ActivityEducation:
School at Warmond, near Leyden; apprenticed to a cloth merchant in Amsterdam (1648)
Career:
Shopkeeper in Delft; became Usher to the Aldermen of municipality of Delft (1660); visited the chalk hills of Gravesend and Rochester, Kent (1668); appointed Surveyor to the Court of Holland (1669); Chief Warden of Delft (1677); Wine Gauger (or Inspector of Weights and Measures) in Delft (1679); scientific life began circa 1671, when he constructed simple microscopes to inspect the quality of cloth, grinding some 550 lenses, the best of which were not surpassed until the nineteenth century; communicated his observations by letters to other scientists and amateurs (including 190 to the Royal Society); made his most important discovery in 1674, when he recognized the true nature of micro-organisms; with Malpighi and Grew, one of the founders of the study of plant anatomy
Memberships:
Foreign correspondent, Academie Royale des Sciences (1699)
Medals:
Silver medal from the Louvain College of Professors (1716)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election29/01/1680
Age at election47
ProposerWilliam Croone
Other Royal Society activityFrequent correspondent to the Royal Society regarding his research and observations
RelationshipsParents: Philip Thoniszoon and Margaret Jacobsdochter
Married: 1) Barbara de Mey; 2) Cornelia Swalmius
Children: incl. Maria van Leeuwenhoek
Published worksRCN: 48710
RCN: 48703
RCN: 48706
RCN: 48704
RCN: 48702
RCN: 49700
RCN: 48705
RCN: 48701
RCN: R68788
RCN: 48708
RCN: 48709
General contextBaptised with the name 'Thonis', he chose his name, meaning 'Lion's Corner', from the corner house near Leeuwenport at Delft, which was owned by his father. Van Leeuwenhoek is commonly referred to as the 'father of microbiology', as one of the first microscopists and microbiologists. Much of his correspondence on his microscopic observations, both to the Royal Society and to other people of similar standing across Europe, was published. Despite his close connection to the Society, he did not attend any meetings. He was visited by people such as Gottfried Leibniz (FRS 1673), William III of Orange, and the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, to showcase his discoveries. Leeuwenhoek went on to become the namesake for a variety of things, including the Royal Society's own Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture, awarded in the field of microbiology.
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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Hunter
Authority:
Altname from Hunter and DSB
References:
Da C Andrade E N. 1965. 'The Birth and Early Days of the Philosophical Transactions', in Notes and Records, vol. 20, pp. 9-27
Ford, B J. 1981-82. 'The Van Leeuwenhoek Specimens', in Notes and Records, vol. 36, pp. 37-59
Ford, B J. 1986-87. 'The Leeuwenhoekiana of Clifford Dobell (1886-1949)', in Notes and Records, vol. 41, pp. 95-105
Gest, H. 2004. 'The Discovery of Microorganisms by Robert Hooke and Antoni von Leeuwenhoek, Fellows of the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 187-201
Hall, A R. 1989. 'Chairman's Remarks', in Notes and Records, vol. 43, pp. 97-98
Hall, A R. 1989. 'The Leeuwenhoek Lecture, 1988. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 1632-1723', in Notes and Records, vol. 43, pp. 249-273
Heap, B. 2003. 'From the dust of the Earth? Things come to life: spontaneous generation revisited by Henry Harris', in Notes and Records, vol. 57, pp. 107-108
Hull, D. 1997.'Early Microscopists', review of Edward G Ruestow, The Microscope in the Dutch Republic: The Shaping of Discovery', in Notes and Records, vol. 51, pp. 339-340
Jones, R.V. 1992. 'Review of Brian J Ford, The Leeuwenhoek Legacy', in Notes and Records, vol. 46, pp. 189-190
Palm, L.C. 1989. 'Leeuwenhoek and Other Dutch Correspondents of the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 43, pp. 191-207
Rowlinson, J S. 2003. 'Gases and liquids. How fluids unmix: discoveries by the school of Van der Waals and Kamerlingh Onnes, by J L Sengers', in Notes and Records, vol. 57, pp. 255-256
S, C S. 1938. 'The Society's Library', in Notes and Records, vol. 1, pp. 21-27
Notes:
Election diploma and letter by Thomas Gale in RBO VI.358. Letters which included samples as found by Brian Ford are EL.L.1.4, EL.L.1.9, EL.L.2.1, EL.L.2.16
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/71426018
Royal Society codeNA8438
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/002695Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Van1993
P/0208Portrait of Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1686
IM/005319Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
IM/002692Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Vannd
EL/L4/78Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1722
EL/L3/78Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1705
EL/L4/68Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1721
IM/005316Leeuwenhoek, Antoni vannd
EL/L4/43Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1712
EL/L4/69Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft1 May 1722
EL/L4/37Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1710
EL/L4/74Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1722
EL/L1/45Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft13 October 1679
EL/L4/26Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft10 September 1709
IM/002240Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
EL/L1/43Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Lambert van Velthuysen1679
EL/W3/88Letter, from Richard Waller to Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoeknd
IM/002691Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Vannd
IM/002696Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Van2002
RBO/8/65Concerning the circulation of blood in tadpoles from a letter of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek1699
RBO/11/53'A Computation of the Size and number of Animalcules in Adams Seminal Vessels according to the Theory of generation established by Leeuwenhoek, Doctor Garden and others..'1722
IM/002694/69Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Vannd
IM/005910Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van2002
IM/005322Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
IM/005320Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
IM/005318Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
IM/005317Leeuwenhoek, Antoni vannd
IM/002694Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Vannd
IM/005247Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Van1994
P/0209Portrait of Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
LBO/8/144Copy letter fromFrancis Aston, Gresham College, to Anthoni van Leewenhoeck17 March 1682/1683
LBO/11A/18Copy extract of a letter from Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1686
EL/L4/2Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1706
LBO/15/64Copy letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society26 October 1714
LBO/13/71Copy letter from Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek, Delft, Holland 6 December 1701
EL/L1/21Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg1676
EL/L1/51Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft1680
NLB/65/91Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Abraham] Schierbeek; Verhulststraat 14, Gravenhage, Holland26 July 1923
CLP/20/89Paper, Concerning [Antoni van] Leeuwenhoeck's letters and the microscope by Robert Hooke17th century
MOB/012Microscope after Antoni van Leeuwenhoek20th century
EL/L4/14Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft18 October 1707
EL/L3/6Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1698
DM/5/102A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time c.1737
IM/005337Baker, Henrynd
EL/L2/2Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1686
EL/L2/21Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft3 August 1688
EL/L4/8Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft5 July 1707
EL/L4/16Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft22 November 1707
EL/L4/55Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft21 August 1714
EL/L4/71Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft13 June 1722
EL/L4/39Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Petiver1711
IM/005315Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
EL/L1/40Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft25 April 1679
IM/005248Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Van1994
EL/L2/54Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloanend
EL/L4/42Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1 March 1712
EL/L3/36Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1701
IM/005321Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van1994
EL/L4/20Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft29 June 1708
EL/L4/19Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1707
EL/L1/55Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft13 May 1680
EL/L2/51Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society2 April 1694
EL/L4/32Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne1709
EL/L2/37Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft24 July 1682
EL/L1/61Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale, dated at Delft28 September 1680
EL/L4/13Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1707
EL/L3/4Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1697
EL/L2/19Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft25 May 1688
EL/L3/67Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
EL/L1/58Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale1680
EL/L2/15Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1687
EL/L4/82Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1722
EL/L2/35Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft22 April 1692
EL/L4/57Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1714
EL/L1/34Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft18 March 1678
EL/L4/76Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1722
EL/L2/38Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1692
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EL/L3/65Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
EL/L4/15Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1707
EL/L4/36Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft6 June 1710
EL/H3/69Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at Gresham College10 March 1682
EL/L1/57Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale, dated at Delft14 June 1680
EL/L4/62Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft15 January 1721
EL/W3/89Letter, from Richard Waller to Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek1714
EL/L1/46Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft1679
EL/L1/71Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Francis Aston, dated at Delft14 April 1684
EL/L3/37Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft6 December 1701
EL/L4/63Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft24 January 1721
EL/L2/42Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft19 January 1694
EL/L3/83Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Francisco Cornaro18 December 1705
EL/L4/19bTranslation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1707
EL/S2/17Letter, from Hans Sloane to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek13 October 1713
EL/H3/54Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek1 February 1677
EL/L1/60Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft9 August 1680
EL/L4/25Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1708
EL/L1/20Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft29 May 1676
EL/L3/68aTranslated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne1704
EL/L1/26Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg1677
EL/L3/51Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft26 February 1703
EL/L3/26Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft28 January 1701
EL/L2/56Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1696
EL/L4/61Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1720
EL/L3/22Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1700
EL/L4/52Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Antoni Heinsius1713
EL/L1/41Copy of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Constantine Huygens, dated at Delft20 May 1679
EL/L2/48aLetter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society24 January 1694
EL/L3/53Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft3 November 1703
EL/L4/75Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft21 April 1722
EL/L4/77Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1 May 1722
EL/L4/64Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1721
EL/L3/52Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1703
EL/L3/16Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1700
EL/L4/47Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1712
EL/L4/41Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1711
EL/L1/78Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1685
EL/L1/67Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Christopher Wren, dated at Delft22 January 1683
EL/L4/51Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft12 October 1713
EL/L4/56Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft20 November 1714
EL/L3/39Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Somers1701
EL/L2/48Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft12 February 1694
EL/L1/72Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft25 July 1684
EL/L4/83Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft20 November 1722
EL/L1/48Translation of letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society]1680
EL/L4/11Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1707
EL/L4/45Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1712
EL/L3/82Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1705
EL/L4/72Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1722
EL/L3/85Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1705
EL/L4/34Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1710
EL/L4/59Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1720
EL/L3/12Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1699
EL/L2/40Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1692
EL/L1/56Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft13 May 1680
EL/L4/30Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne1709
EL/L2/5Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1686
EL/L1/39Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft1678
EL/L2/42aLetter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft1 July 1693
EL/L3/34Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1701
EL/L3/40Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft20 December 1701
EL/L3/9Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1699
EL/L3/70Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
EL/L3/57Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1703
EL/W3/92Letter, from Richard Waller to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London19 August 1714
EL/L2/30Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1692
EL/L4/80Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1722
EL/H3/57Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at Gresham College18 April 1678
EL/L2/3Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft14 May 1686
EL/L3/13Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft2 January 1700
EL/L4/7Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft17 May 1707
EL/L4/58Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft20 November 1720
EL/L3/18Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1700
EL/L4/49Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft28 June 1713
EL/L1/64Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft4 November 1681
EL/L2/53Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft14 September 1694
EL/L2/20Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft6 July 1688
EL/L2/52Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft26 May 1694
EL/L3/32Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne1701
EL/L3/43Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1702
EL/L1/3Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft16 April 1674
EL/L4/10Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft12 July 1707
EL/L2/9Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1686
EL/L4/38Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Petiver, dated at Delft18 August 1711
EL/L3/46Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne8 December 1702
EL/L4/6Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1706
EL/L1/38Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft27 September 1678
EL/L4/67Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft27 June 1721
EL/L3/2Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1697
EL/L1/50Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft13 February 1680
EL/L3/44Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft28 April 1702
EL/L3/24Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1700
EL/L4/54Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1714
EL/L1/12Translated extract of two letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg1675
EL/L3/80Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society24 April 1705
EL/L4/44Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft12 April 1712
EL/L4/65Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft11 April 1721
EL/L1/7Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft7 September 1674
EL/L1/42Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft13 June 1679
EL/L4/12Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft25 July 1707
EL/L1/16aLetter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft22 January 1676
EL/L1/32Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to William Brouncker, dated at Delft16 October 1677
EL/L1/37Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft1678
EL/H3/73Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society]1680
EL/L2/31Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1 February 1692
EL/L3/58Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft8 January 1704
EL/L3/72Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft3 March 1705
EL/L1/19Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society]1676
EL/L4/81Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft7 July 1722
EL/L2/14Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft9 September 1687
EL/L4/21Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1708
EL/L3/20Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1700
EL/L1/33Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft14 January 1678
EL/L1/16Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft20 December 1675
EL/L2/50Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society19 March 1694
EL/L2/36Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft1692
EL/L1/25Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft23 March 1677
EL/L1/69Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Francis Aston, dated at Delft17 September 1683
EL/L3/17Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft9 July 1700
RBO/11/107Account of Leeuwenhoek's microscopes and how he made them by Martin Folkes1723
EL/L4/4Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1706
EL/L4/1Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft19 March 1706
CLP/12i/73Paper, 'A short description and demonstration of the parts belonging to the human eye that are affected in the fistula lachrymalis' by [Antoni van Leeuwenhoek]24 December 1713
EL/L3/28Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft15 April 1701
EL/L1/27Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft14 May 1677
EL/L3/73Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne1705
EL/L1/30Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg1677
EL/L3/15Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft14 June 1700
EL/L1/22Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft9 October 1676
EL/L1/28Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg1677
EL/L4/18Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft6 December 1707
EL/L3/27Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1701
EL/L2/32Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1692
EL/L1/75Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft30 March 1685
EL/L2/26Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1689
EL/L3/28aTranslated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1701
EL/L4/70Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin1722
EL/L1/23Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg1676
EL/L3/45Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1702
EL/L3/42Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft14 February 1702
EL/L3/10Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft25 September 1699
EL/L1/73Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft5 January 1685
EL/L3/84Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft29 December 1705
EL/L3/41Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1701
EL/L2/11Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1687
EL/L4/85Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft31 May 1723
EL/L3/8Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft23 June 1699
EL/L4/9Translation of letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society and Antonio Magliabechi5 July 1707
EL/L3/75Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1705
EL/L3/56Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft4 December 1703
EL/L4/60Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft9 January 1720
EL/L2/34Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1692
EL/L1/80Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1686
EL/L2/4Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft10 June 1686
EL/L3/71aTranslated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
RBO/6/140Letter, from Thomas Gale to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London26/02/1679
EL/L2/13Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft11 July 1687
EL/L2/27Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft27 November 1691
EL/L2/39Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft12 August 1692
EL/L4/5Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1 June 1706
EL/L3/19Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft27 July 1700
EL/L3/3Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft10 September 1697
EL/L3/77Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft27 March 1705
EL/L2/55Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft10 July 1696
EL/L3/59Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
EL/L4/66Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1721
EL/L2/18Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1687
EL/L3/7Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1699
EL/L2/28Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1691
EL/L3/48Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1702
EL/L4/3Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft20 April 1706
EL/L1/65Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at DelftMarch 1682
EL/L1/79Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft22 January 1686
EL/L1/77aTranslated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Societynd
EL/L2/29Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft4 January 1692
EL/L2/17Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft28 November 1687
EL/L3/61Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
EL/L3/50Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1703
EL/L2/12Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft13 June 1687
EL/L1/6Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft7 September 1674
EL/L1/8Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft19 October 1674
EL/L1/36Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft31 May 1678
EL/L1/63Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft1680
EL/L1/2Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft7 April 1674
EL/L4/79Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft13 June 1722
EL/L1/1Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft15 August 1673
EL/L3/29Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft21 June 1701
EL/L1/35Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew1678
EL/L1/5Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft6 July 1674
EL/L1/10Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft22 January 1675
EL/L1/24Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft30 October 1676
EL/L1/53Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale, dated at Delft13 May 1680
EL/L1/17Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft22 February 1676
EL/L1/18Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft21 April 1676
EL/L1/29Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft5 October 1677
EL/L3/21Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft7 September 1700
EL/L3/30Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1701
EL/L4/23Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1708
EL/L4/17Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1707
EL/L1/54Summary of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale13 May 1680
EL/L1/47Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft16 January 1680
EL/L1/74Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft23 January 1685
EL/L1/70Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Francis Aston, dated at Delft28 December 1683
EL/L4/48Copy of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Heinsius, dated at Delft1712
EL/L1/66Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft4 April 1682
EL/L1/76Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft13 July 1685
EL/L2/23Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft24 August 1688
EL/L2/7Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1686
EL/L2/8Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft4 April 1686
EL/L2/10Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft9 May 1687
EL/L4/53Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft22 June 1714
EL/L2/44Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society15 October 1693
EL/L4/29Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft10 September 1709
EL/L3/31Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft21 June 1701
EL/L3/1Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft5 April 1697
EL/L3/6aExtract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society9 June 1699
EL/L3/14Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane1700
EL/L3/33Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft21 June 1701
EL/L3/23Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft26 October 1700
EL/L3/38Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Somers, dated at Delft6 December 1701
EL/L3/35Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft2 August 1701
EL/L3/62Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society21 March 1704
EL/L3/55Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1703
EL/L3/64Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft22 July 1704
EL/L4/33Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft14 January 1710
EL/L1/59Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft14 June 1680
EL/L1/11Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft11 February 1675
EL/L1/13Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft26 March 1675
EL/L1/52Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft5 April 1680
EL/L1/68Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Christopher Wren, dated at Delft16 July 1683
EL/L2/6Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft10 July 1686
EL/L2/41Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft16 September 1692
EL/L3/47Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft25 December 1702
EL/L3/54Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft3 November 1703
EL/L3/66Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft16 September 1704
EL/L3/63Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1704
EL/L3/68Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft3 October 1704
EL/L3/71Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft13 December 1704
EL/L3/69Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft4 November 1704
EL/L3/81Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft25 May 1705
EL/L4/31Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft22 November 1709
EL/L4/73Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft7 July 1722
EL/L4/40Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft22 September 1711
EL/L1/39aPhotocopy of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft21 February 1679
EL/L3/79Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft24 April 1705
EL/L4/22Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft28 August 1708
EL/L4/35Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1710
EL/L4/24Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft9 October 1708
EL/L4/50Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society1712
EL/L4/46Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft10 June 1712
EL/L4/86Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft1723
EL/L4/19aLetter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1707
EL/L4/87Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft1723
EL/L4/84Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft19 March 1723
CLP/2/17Paper, 'Some account of Mr Lewenhoecks curious microscopes, lately presented to the Royal Society' by Martin Folkes[1724]
EL/L3/76Copy of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Antonio Magliabechi, dated at Delft12 March 1705
EL/L2/16Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft17 October 1687
EL/L1/15Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Deflt14 August 1675
EL/L1/44Extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Lambert van Velthuysen, dated at Delft11 July 1679
EL/L1/49Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft12 January 1680
EL/L1/62Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft12 November 1680
EL/L1/77Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft12 October 1685
EL/L2/24Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft7 September 1688
EL/L2/25Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1 April 1689
EL/L2/33Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft7 March 1692
EL/L2/45Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft8 December 1693
EL/L2/46Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society20 December 1693
EL/L2/49Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society2 March 1694
EL/L3/5Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft9 May 1698
EL/L3/11Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft25 September 1699
EL/L3/25Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft25 December 1700
EL/L3/49Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft5 February 1703
EL/L3/60Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft1 February 1704
EL/L3/74Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft3 March 1705
EL/W3/87Letter, from Richard Waller to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London22 June 1714
LBO/12/87Copy letter from Anthoni Van Leeuwenhoeck, Delft, to Hans Sloane 27 July 1700
EL/L1/4Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft1 June 1674
EL/L1/9Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft4 December 1674
EL/L2/1Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft2 April 1686
MOB/013Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's specimens1674-1687
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