German-Dutch spectacle-maker commonly associated with the invention of the telescope: in 1608 he was the first to file a patent application for a refracting telescope, though it remains unclear whether he was the first to actually build one. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Hans Lipperhey
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The earliest surviving patent application for a telescope (1608); it remains unclear whether he was the first to build one.
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Hans Lipperhey (c. 1570 - buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or simply Lippershey, was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker.
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The earliest existing record of a telescope was a 1608 patent submitted to the government in the Netherlands by Middelburg spectacle maker Hans Lipperhey for a refracting telescope.
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