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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

1632 to 1723 5 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Antonie van Leeuwenhoek across 3 places, from 1632 to 1723. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was documented, and when

24 October 1632exact date
Delftattested “Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Dutch Republic, on 24 October 1632.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1640year
Warmondattested “She remarried Jacob Jansz Molijn, a painter and the family moved to Warmond around 1640.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
July 1654month
Delftattested “In July 1654, Van Leeuwenhoek married Barbara de Mey in Delft, with whom he fathered one surviving daughter, Maria (four other children died in infancy).” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1723year
Royal Societyattested “By the time Van Leeuwenhoek died in 1723, he had written some 190 letters to the Royal Society, detailing his findings in a wide variety of fields, centered on his work in microscopy.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
26 August 1723exact date
Delftattested “He died at the age of 90, on 26 August 1723, and was buried four days later in the Oude Kerk in Delft.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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Places Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is documented in

Delft3 presences · 1632 to 1723
Royal Society1 presence · 1723
Warmond1 presence · 1640

Other places tied to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in the record

In each of these, a source puts Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1660year
City Hall (Delft)mentioned “In 1660 he received a lucrative job as chamberlain for the sheriffs in the city hall, a position which he would hold for almost 40 years.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
February 1680month
Royal Societymentioned “Van Leeuwenhoek was elected to the Royal Society in February 1680 on the nomination of William Croone, a then-prominent physician.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1696year
Amurmentioned “* In 1696 Nicolaas Witsen sent him a map of Tartary and ore found near the Amur in Siberia.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1696year
Siberiamentioned “* In 1696 Nicolaas Witsen sent him a map of Tartary and ore found near the Amur in Siberia.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
October 1697month
Schiementioned “In October 1697, Van Leeuwenhoek visited the Tsar Peter the Great on his boat, moored in the Schie or the Arsenaal.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1702year
Potosímentioned “* In 1702 he requested a book on Peruvian silver mines in Potosí.” source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Documented at the same place, the same year

Jan SteenDelft · 1654Christopher WrenRoyal Society · 1723

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