page_title: Delft
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Delft / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Part of a series of four portraits of Princes of Orange at half-length originating from the Admiralty of Rotterdam (for the other three see File:Workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt 005.jpg, File:School of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt 001.jpg and File:Workshop of Gerard van Honthorst 001.jpg)
context_page_description: Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is part of both Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area and the Randstad.
  Delft is a popular tourist destination in the Netherlands, famous for its historical connections with the reigning House of Orange-Nassau, for its blue pottery, for being home to the painter Jan Vermeer, and for hosting Delft University of Technology. Historically, Delft played a highly influential role in the Dutch Golden Age. In terms of science and technology, thanks to the pioneering contributions of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Martinus Beijerinck, Delft can be considered to be the birthplace of microbiology.
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caption: Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, ca. 1635
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