Talk:Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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Hmm, if the name is to be Anglicised it should be "Anton of Lionscorner".
Hi Anonymous person -- please sign in future -- it's rude not to do so.
- No, it's not. But I consider it rude to berate somebody over something that is not wrong. branko
The point is not to Anglicize everything -- that would often be just plain stupid. The point is to use the form most familiar to English speakers -- which is something different and changes with time. For example, 100 years ago, most scholars writing in English referred to the guy crowned emperor in 800 Charles the Great. Today, common English usage is Charlemagne. I hope this makes sense to you. It isn't necessarily logical, but it is appropriate. JHK
There are many documentary images of the Vermeer Geographer through http://www.google.com Are any of these available to illustrate this article? Wetman 01:28, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Hello! I'm just an anonymous user browsing through Wikipedia and I came across this page and I was wondering.. Why is this page under the 'wrong' name? Anton?? Is there any way to change the name of the article to his proper name? (I already noticed the redirect but this is just... wrong. Why isn't Anton van Leeuwenhoek a redirect to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek?) Should ask first before changing it? -Kraftwerk-
Capillaries
- Unlike what you said, Antoni wasn't the first to discover capillaries. Actually, Marcello Malphigi (1628-1694) was first to discover them and study them using a microscope, finishing William Harvey's blood circulation circle.
- However, Leeuwenhoek believed that he was first to discover them. That is because he had a lack of education in science. Elitejeff123 00:50, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
