![Top 100 Global Creator - P68. Hans Lippershey - Creator of telescope - Worldkings - World Records Union Top 100 Global Creator - P68. Hans Lippershey - Creator of telescope - Worldkings - World Records Union](https://worldkings.org/userfiles/upload/images/modules/news/2020/10/9/0_910m.jpg)
Top 100 Global Creator - P68. Hans Lippershey - Creator of telescope - Worldkings - World Records Union
![HANS LIPPERSHEY or LIPPERSHEIM Dutch spectacle maker, credited with invention of the telescope (1608) Date: 1570? - 1619 Stock Photo - Alamy HANS LIPPERSHEY or LIPPERSHEIM Dutch spectacle maker, credited with invention of the telescope (1608) Date: 1570? - 1619 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G39WKW/hans-lippershey-or-lippersheim-dutch-spectacle-maker-credited-with-G39WKW.jpg)
HANS LIPPERSHEY or LIPPERSHEIM Dutch spectacle maker, credited with invention of the telescope (1608) Date: 1570? - 1619 Stock Photo - Alamy
Peoria Riverfront Museum - The telescope was invented in 1608 by Hans Lippershey of the Netherlands. Having heard about Lippershey's invention, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei built his own telescope in 1609
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