Brief History of Microscopes
Zacharias Jansen Dutch, spectacle maker; secretive profession; credited with first compound-like microscope 1580- 1638
Zacharias Jansen Dutch Spectacle Maker Secretive Profession (art of making spectacles) put two magnifying lenses together to make something larger than just using one lens Credited with idea of first compound microscope
Hans Lippershey German, Lensmaker; credited with inventing the telescope 1570 - 1619
Hans Lippershey German-Dutch Lensmaker Credited with first telescope Beat out others with his patent application but others making telescopes too Called the ‘Dutch Perspective Glass’
Galileo Galilei Italian; physicist, mathematician, astronomer, & philosopher; important figure in Scientific Revolution of Europe; credited with improving the telescope and using to study the planets, stars and outer space 1564 - 1642
Galileo Galilei Italian Man of many hats Associated with telescope Perfected telescope lenses Smoother, more polished Stronger magnification power Turned it towards skies to study the planets, stars and sun
Anthony Leeuwenhoek 1632 -1723
Anthony Leeuwenhoek Dutch Dry goods tradesman Needed better magnification lens to count threads in cloth in his dry goods trade Found ways to grind and polish them to make them better Became more interested in science Animalcules, bacteria, yeast, blood cells
Robert Hooke 1635 - 1703
Robert Hooke ‘English’ Father of Microscopy Colleague of Leeuwenhoek’s Perfected microscope even more Accurate, detailed drawings of small organisms Micrographia
References http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/hooke.html Images from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page