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Born October 24, 1632 • Delft • Netherlands
Died August 26, 1723 (aged 90) • Delft • Netherlands
Subjects Of Study weevil • bacteria • protozoan • red blood cell • spontaneous generation • microscope

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Oil painting by Jan Verkolje showing Antonie van Leeuwenhoek seated at a table with a globe, papers, inkstand, and a compass in hand, wearing a brown robe and white shirt.
microscope by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Swammerdam, Jan
Jan Swammerdam
Dutch naturalist
Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
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René Dubos
American microbiologist
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Sergey Nikolayevich Winogradsky
Russian microbiologist
Robert Koch
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi
Italian scientist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
Maurice Hilleman
Maurice Hilleman
American microbiologist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
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Carl Woese
American microbiologist
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Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
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George P. Smith
American biochemist
Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander
American physician and microbiologist
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Félix d’ Hérelle
Canadian microbiologist
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Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
German biologist
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Alice Evans
American scientist
François Jacob, 1965.
François Jacob
French biologist

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