Hans Lippershey

Hans Lippershey

male, deceased (1619)
wesel, lens, telescope, design, Optician, patent…lenses
Hans Lippershey (1570-September 1619) was a Dutch lensmaker. He was born in Wesel, in western Germany. He settled in Middelburg in the Netherlands,...
Ibn Al-Haytham

Ibn Al-Haytham

male, deceased (1039)
finite speed, lenses, speed of light, electromagnetic, empiricism, electromagnetism
"' (Arabic: أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم, Latinized: Alhacen or (deprecated) Alhazen) (965 – 1039), was an Iraqi Muslim polymath who made sig...
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

male, deceased (1723)
Dutch Christian, lens, Optician, scientist, delft, Microscope…lenses
Thonius Philips van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632 - August 30, 1723) was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands. He is commonly...
Leopold Mannes

Leopold Mannes

male, deceased (1964)
inventor, color transparency film, American, lens, Jewish person, projector…lenses
Leopold Damrosch Mannes (26 December 1899 - 11 August 1964) was an American musician, who together with Leopold Godowsky, Jr. created the first...
Leopold Godowsky Jr.

Leopold Godowsky Jr.

male, deceased (1983)
polish, lens, Jewish person, black-and-white, UCLA, george…lenses
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. (May 27 1900 - February 18 1983) was an American violinist and chemist, who together with Leopold Mannes created the first...
Giuseppe Campani

Giuseppe Campani

male, deceased (1715)
Astronomer, telescope, saturn, Italian, cassini, 17th century…lenses
Giuseppe Campani (1635-1715) was an Italian optician and astronomer who lived in Rome during the latter half of the 17th century. His brother,...

Frank Elmore Ross

male, deceased (1960)
University of California, E. E. Barnard, photographic emulsions, lenses, Elara, photographic lens
Frank Elmore Ross (April 2,1874 - September 21,1960) was an American astronomer and physicist. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in...

George A. Economou

male, deceased (2003)
GEODSS, Lung cancer death, Large Millimeter Telescope, los alamos national laboratory, lung cancer, Manhattan Project…lenses
George Aristotle Economou (June 24, 1923 - April 2, 2003) was an American optical systems expert, who helped set up special cameras to photograph...
Ibn Sahl

Ibn Sahl

male
curved mirror, lens, lenses, Islamic mathematics, Ibn al-Haitham, Abu Sa`d al-`Ala' ibn Sahl…On Burning Mirrors and Lenses
Ibn Sahl (Abu Sa`d al-`Ala' ibn Sahl) (c. 940-1000) was an Arabian mathematician and optics engineer associated with the court of Baghdad. About...
Richard Scott Perkin

Richard Scott Perkin

male, deceased (1969)
Optician, Wall Street, elmer, moon, American, lens…lenses
Richard "Dick" Scott Perkin (1906-1969) was an American entrepeneur. At an early age he developed an interest in astronomy, and began making...