Antonie Phillips Van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology is one of the most influential people in science; But how and why? Philips Teunisz a and Margriete Jacobsdr Van De Berch were married on 30 January 1622 in Delft, the Netherlands. They had their first child Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek on 24 October 1632. Philips and Margriete had six more children, but before Antonie turned six two of her sisters and her father Philip died, leaving her mother to raise five children alone. . Margriete remarried to a man named Jacob Molijn on 18 December 1640; When they married, Jacob sent Antonie to boarding school in Warmound, Leiden. This is the only known instruction in Leeuwenhoek. When Antonie was sixteen, her stepfather Philip died and Antonie was sent to live with her uncle in Amsterdam. In 1653 Leeuwenhoek obtained an apprenticeship for a Scottish draper, Antonie was employed as a bookkeeper and cashier and held this position for five years. On 11 July 1654 Antonia returned to Delft and married Berber De Mey. They had five children together but four died in infancy. Also in 1654 Leeuwenhoek bought a wool shop in Delft. Antonie and Berber were married for twelve short years before Berber died in 1666, although Antonie was heartbroken he decided to remarry a woman named Cornelia Swalmius in 1671, they had no children together. In 1653 Leeuwenhoek made his first microscope, a simple microscope similar to a magnifying glass used by textile merchants to count threads. The day he made his first Leeuwenhoek he soon discovered that it would not be his last and just like that he opened a door to the small but magnificent wonders of the world. When Antonie discovered her new hobby, she also discovered that it was not a cheap hobby, on the contrary... middle of paper... which was actually made up of sales and came from spawn. Leeuwenhoek was also the first scientist of his time to discover that what was said to be ant poop was actually ant pupa. Before Leeuwenhoek died on 26 August 1723, he was visited by many great people of the time, including Peter I of Russia, James II of England and Frederick II of Prussia. After the death of Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek, his daughter was entitled to everything Antonie owned. He donated all his samples and specimens. The list consisted of 250 finished microscopes, 200 mounted species, and a 26-piece pure silver casket. Antonie's daughter donated everything to the Royal Society of England. Leeuwenhoek was advanced for his time and helped shape what science is today, and thanks to everything he discovered in his life, it earned him the name of the father of microbiology..