n Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
Robert Webster in PhysOrg.com (press release) I am deeply honored to be invited to present the 2010 Leeuwenhoek Lecture on the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society,Webster said at the start of his presentation, "Pandemic Influenza: One Flu over the Cuckoo's Nest."