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  1. Hans Lipperhey
    Hans LipperheyGerman spectacle-maker
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  2. DiedSeptember 1619 (aged 48–49) · Middelburg, Dutch Republic
    Occupationspectacle-maker
    Known forEarliest known patent application for a telescope
    The First Telescope Patent
    The First Telescope Patent
    The telescope is one of the most important inventions in history, allowing us to explore the wonders of the universe. But who invented the telescope?
    Biography

    Lipperhey was born in Wesel, now in western Germany, around 1570. He settled in Middelburg, the capital of the province of Zeeland, now in the Netherlands, in 1594, married the same year and became a citizen of Z… See more

    Sources

    Drake, Stillman (1978). Galileo At Work. Mineola, NY: Dover. ISBN 0-486-49542-6.
    • Van Helden, Albert (1977). The Invention of the Telescope. Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-674-6See more

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