Who invented the telescope?

According to this site Hans Lippershey was given credit for inventing the telescope. http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/optics3.htm

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There is some controversy. Some say Galileo Galilei others say Hans Lippershey. Johannes Kepler and James Metius also seem to have some supporters.

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-Francisco Da Gama, the grandson of the explorer, was the Viceroy of Goa.
-Juan Bautista was a Mexican explorer.
-Harry Vardon is a pro golfer.
-Fernando Lamas is an Argentinian born television actor.

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Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei?

Galileo.

I think it's Fernando Lamas. I don't think it's Galilei and I'm sure it's not Da Vinci.

I know that Galileo was a famous astronomer, but I don't think he invented the telescope. Maybe...Juan Bautista?

A dutch guy.Don't know his name.But usually they say it was Galileo.I picked other because I don't see dutch sounding names and I don't even know the name of that guy,just that he invented the telescope and Galileo just took the credit . Kinda like Meucci and Bell.

Hey,give credit to your countryman!!

Right now only me and kate seem to know the real answer..."other"...only the before checking I had written "it was not Leonardo...but he took the credit..." That's because Leonardo invented/discovered so many things that is easy to put his name everywhere!

I don't know

I think you mean Antony van Leeuwenhoek. He invented the microscope, not telescope.

No,somebody else.Hans Lippershey.

Hold on, you're right! This is what I found: "De eerste grove telescoop werd in 1608 door de Nederlandse brillenmaker Hans Lippershey ontwikkeld. De telescoop vergrootte voorwerpen maar een paar keer. De eerste echte astronomische telescoop werd in 1609 gebouwd door Galileo Galilei."
It says that Lippershey made the first telescoop in 1608 and it enlarged only a few times. In 1609 Gallilei made a real astronomical one and it enlarged 30x.

Of these, I'd say Galileo. But that was just a particular type of telescope I thought. I believe the first telescopes were invented in the far East long before the European Renaissance. I chose other.

If there ever was such a person, he never reached the heights of fame that the others on the list did.

Galileo Galilei?

I thought it was Copernicus.

Galileo was the first to use it for astronomy, as I understand it, but I don't think he invented it. I forget who did.

I thought Galileo did, but maybe he just improved on it.

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