Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> known for his improvements to microscope tech. He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade <a href="https://spore.social/tags/microscopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopes</span></a>, he was 1st to observe microorganisms, which he called tiny animals, or "animalcules". He also made pioneering microscopic observations on muscle fibres, bacteria, coffee & 🧵1/n</p><p> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>