Who discovered the Microscope?

Dutch spectacle maker Zacharias Janssen invented the first so-called compound microscope in 1590.

Later, Dutch scientist Antoine van Leeuwenhoek designed high-powered single lensed microscopes, (also known as a simple microscope) in 1670. Using his simple microscope he was the first to describe sperm cell or spermatozoa.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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