This scientist discovered parthenogenesis in aphids, as well as protozoa, which he called animalicul
This scientist discovered parthenogenesis in aphids, as well as protozoa, which he called animalicules. Apprenticed to a cloth maker in his native Delft, where he was friends with Jan Vermeer, in 1660 he obtained the sinecure of chamberlain to the sheriffs of Delft, after which he undertook work which led him to see bacteria, sperm, and red blood cells, achievements not repeated for more than a century. FTP, who was this Dutch pioneer in microscopic research?
This scientist discovered parthenogenesis in aphids, as well as protozoa, which he called animalicules.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek