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Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland on October 24, 1632.
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He was appenticed in 1648 as a fabric merchant.
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He married Barbara de Mey and he would have one surviving daughter, her name was Maria.
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He recieved a lucrative municipal title as chamberlain for the Delft sheriffs assembly chamber in 1660.
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Barbara died in 1666.
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He was named a surveyor by the court of Holland; later he would become a municipal 'wine-guager' in charge of the citys wine imports.
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Leeuwenhoek married Cornelia Swalmius, with whom had no surviving childeren.
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One of Leeuwenhoeks main discoveries was the Infusoria which are protests in modern zoological classification.
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Leeuwenhoeks creditiblilty is questioned when he sent the the Royal Society a copy of his first observations of microsophic single-celled organisms. He also discovers bacteria and vacoule of the cell.
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Leeuwenhoek discovered spermatozoa and his observations were finally accepted through all of his hard work.
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Leeuwenhoek is elected as a full member of the Royal Society, which is normally reserved for scholars.
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Leeuwenhoek discovered that our muscle has a banded pattern of muscular fibers.
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He roasted the bean, cut it into slices and saw a spongeous interior. The bean was pressed, and an oil appeared. He then boiled the coffee with rain water twice, and then set it aside.
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Leeuwenhoek was invited in the boat of tsar Peter the Great. Leeuwenhoek occasionally presented the tsar with a eel-viewer, so Peter could study the blood circulation when ever he wanted.
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Leeuwenhoek died at the age of 90 and was buried 4 days later
