[PAR] [TLE] History of the telescope [SEP] The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands when an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey tried to obtain a patent on one.  Although Lippershey did not receive his patent, news of the new invention soon spread across Europe.  The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece.  Galileo improved on this design the following year and applied it to astronomy.  In 1611, Johannes Kepler described how a far more useful telescope could be made with a convex objective lens and a convex eyepiece lens and by 1655 astronomers such as Christiaan Huygens were building powerful but unwieldy Keplerian telescopes with compound eyepieces. [PAR] [TLE] Hans Lippershey [SEP] Hans Lippershey (1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or Lipperhey, 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.
[PAR] [TLE] History of the telescope [ SEP ] The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands when an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey tried to obtain a patent on one . Although Lippershey did not receive his patent , news of the new invention soon spread across Europe . The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece . Galileo improved on this design the following year and applied it to astronomy . In 1611 , Johannes Kepler described how a far more useful telescope could be made with a convex objective lens and a convex eyepiece lens and by 1655 astronomers such as Christiaan Huygens were building powerful but unwieldy Keplerian telescopes with compound eyepieces . [PAR] [TLE] Hans Lippershey [ SEP ] Hans Lippershey ( 1570 – buried 29 September 1619 ) , also known as Johann Lippershey or Lipperhey , 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 .
When was the  eyeglass maker buried?
When was the eyeglass maker buried ?
29 September 1619
29 September 1619