Editing Martinus Beijerinck (section)

==Personal life==
Beijerinck was a socially eccentric figure. He was verbally abusive to students, never married, and had few professional collaborations. He was also known for his [[ascetic]] lifestyle and his view of science and marriage being incompatible. His low popularity with his students and their parents periodically depressed him, as he very much loved spreading his enthusiasm for biology in the classroom. After his retirement at the Delft School of Microbiology in 1921, at age 70, he moved to [[Gorssel]] where he lived for the rest of his life, together with his two sisters.<ref name="hn2020">{{cite web |author1=Geertje Dekkers |title=De man die het virus bedacht |trans-title=The man who invented the virus |url=https://www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/de-man-die-het-virus-bedacht |language=nl |date=24 March 2020}}</ref>