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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland, on October 24, 1632. His father died when he was 5 years old. While his mother came from a rich brewer family. Little is known of his early life; he attended school near Leyden for a short time before being sent to live in Benthuizen with his uncle, an attorney and town clerk. He became an apprentice at a linen-draper's shop in Amsterdam at the age of 16.

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