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Hans Lippershay
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(1571-1619) German-Dutch spectacle-maker
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hans Lippershay is referenced by 61 other articles, and connects out to Germany, Netherlands and Galileo Galilei.
Vinony files it under 1619 deaths, 16th-century births and 17th-century Dutch inventors.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1570 , Wesel , Duchy of Cleves , Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- September 1619 (aged 48 – 49), Middelburg , Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- spectacle-maker
- Known for
- Earliest known patent application for a telescope
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Wesel
- Place of death
- Middelburg
- Occupation
- optician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- optics
- Image
- Hans Lipperhey.jpg
- Work location
- Middelburg
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- date of birth
- 1570-00-00
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- Commons category
- Hans Lippershey
- date of death
- 1619-01-01
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hans Lipperhey (c. 1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or simply Lippershey, was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker. He is commonly associated with the invention of the telescope, because he was the first one who tried to obtain a patent for it. It is, however, unclear if he was the first one to build a telescope.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hans Lippershay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.