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Heritage: from 1246
1246 - 1583
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Youth: to age 40
1632 - 1653
1654 - 1672
Early Career: 40 to 70
1673 - 1679
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Late Career: after 70
1702 - 1712
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1720 - 1776
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Leeuwenhoek
Maria Thonis
Maria's estate
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De Meij
Barbara Elias
Chronology
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Swalmius
Cornelia Johannes
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De Molijn
Margrieta Philips
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Van den Berch
Margrietke Jacobs
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Hogenhouck
Neeltje Jans
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Period 1 1673-1679
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Period 2 1679-1686
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Period 3 1687-1694
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Period 4 1694-1702
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Period 5 1702-1712
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Period 6 1712-1719
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Period 7 1720-1723
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Life in Holland
Jan Luyken
Pieter de Hooch
Jan Steen
Adriaen van Ostade
Gabriel Metsu
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
Life in Holland
in the 1600's
The Wine Drinker
Hunter's Gift
The Sleepy Sportsman
Feast of the Bean King
The Intruder
Work in Holland
in the 1600's
Sail maker
Instrument maker
Astrologer
Miller
as Messenger
The messengers who were colleagues of Leeuwenhoek.
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Delft's City Government
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Life in Holland
in the 1600's
Hear it, Sing it
The Tooth Puller
As the old sing, so pipe the young
Courtyard House Delft
Soldiers Playing Cards
Woman with Basket in Vegetable Garden