Martinus Willem Beijerinck (March 16, 1851 - January 1, 1931) was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist. He was born in Amsterdam. Beijerinck was at the "Polytechnische Hogeschool Delft" (Delft Polytechnic, currently Delft University of Technology) (from 1895), among his other positions. He established the Delft School of Microbiology. His studies of agricultural microbiology and industrial microbiology yielded fundamental discoveries in the field of biology. Wikipedia
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