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Thursday, 14 August 2014

He was elected to the Royal Society in February 1680.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek

 He was elected to the Royal Society in February 1680 on the nomination of William Croone, a then-prominent physician.Leeuwenhoek was "taken aback" at the nomination, which he considered a high honor, although he did not attend the induction ceremony in London, nor did he ever attend a Royal Society meeting.

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