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Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, was a Dutchman who developed the early compound microscope and made many new discoveries using this new research tool.
In 1677 on examination of his own ejaculate and identified tiny “animalcules” he found wriggling inside. This was the first description of human spermatozoa. He submitted this observation to the Royal Society London, with the following caveat:
- “If your Lordship should consider that these observations may disgust or scandalise the learned, I earnestly beg your Lordship to regard them as private and to publish or destroy them as your Lordship sees fit.”
Royal Society London 1677.
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