Who is the father of microbiology?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a Dutch scientist, is known as the father of microbiology.
Using single-lens microscopes that he made himself, he became the first person to observe and describe bacteria and protozoa, which he called 'animalcules', in the 1670s.
The other names are associated with different fields: Hippocrates is the father of medicine, R. Misra the father of Indian ecology, and S. R. Kashyap the father of Indian bryology.
Hence, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
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