Who discovered microorganisms using a self-made microscope in the seventeenth century?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, a cloth merchant from Delft
- Step 1: The discoverer was a draper. Step 2. He was Leeuwenhoek. Answer: Leeuwenhoek. Why not the others: Huygens was a mathematician and astronomer, Lorentz a physicist, and Einthoven a physician, so none of them looked at microorganisms through a simple microscope.
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