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Complete Collected Letters

Volumes 1 through 20 of Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters, the complete series. Download for free.

Which number?

Master list (pdf) of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their Collected Letters number

Leeuwenhoek's family

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  • What about the "van"?
  • Who was in the family?
  • Where did they live in Delft?
  • What public record remains of their lives?
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  • How prosperous was Leeuwenhoek?
  • How did he support himself?
  • Brewers
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  • Related families
  • Public appointments of members of Leeuwenhoek's family

Leeuwenhoek's Public Service

  • and that of his family, neighbors, and colleagues ...
  • as Political Managers
  • as Major City Officials
  • as Camerbewaarder
    • Camerbewaarders 1660-1662
    • Leeuwenhoek as Camerbewaarder
    • Was It a Sinecure?
  • as Curator
    • Leeuwenhoek as Curator
  • as Messenger
  • as District Supervisor
  • as Trash Supervisor
  • as Notary
  • as Tax Farmer
  • as City Inspector
    • Leeuwenhoek as Wine Gauger
  • as Supplier

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Glazier

Wagonwright

Sculptor

Ship's carpenter

January 1, 1675 cousin Maerten Huijchs Leeuwenhoek appointed tax farmer
April 1, 1679 cousin Maerten Huijchs Leeuwenhoek appointed tax master
August 15, 1679 Appointed city inspector of imported and exported liquids / wine gauger
January 1, 1685 cousin Maerten Huijchs Leeuwenhoek appointed tax farmer
July 2, 1685 sister Catharina Leeuwenhoek appointed as tax collector for three years
July 11, 1685 cousin Adriaen Lambrechts Leeuwenhoek appointed curator
January 1, 1687 cousin Maarten Pieters Hogenhouck (1650-1720) appointed to Veertigraad, served 1687-1720
June 11, 1687 cousin Adriaen Lambrechts Leeuwenhoek admitted as notary
January 1, 1705 Peter Stout appointed assistant wine gauger
August 5, 1712 Appointed guardian of ? Leeuwenvelt
December 7, 1713 nephew Adriaan Johannes Swalmius admitted as notary
January 6, 1714 cousin Maarten Pieters Hogenhouck appointed church warden, Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk
August 17, 1714 Andries Jacobs appointed assistant city inspector / wine gauger
February 27, 1715 Appointed executor of Leeuwenvelt estate
February 21, 1730 cousin Adriaen Lambrechts Leeuwenhoek, the notary, had his license suspended by the Heren van de Weth

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Life in Holland

in the 1600's

Merry Company on a Terrace
As the old sing, so pipe the young
Girl Eating Oysters
Woman Drinking with Soldiers

Two Women with Child in Courtyard

Interior with Figures