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The microscope was invented by Dutch spectacle maker Zacharias Janssen in the late 16th century.
The simple one-lens microscope was invented around the 1100's. The compound microscope was invented in 1590.
The microscope was invented in the Netherlands by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century.
The first microscope was invented in the late 16th century. Some credit Galileo Galilei with creating a compound microscope around 1609, while others attribute the invention to Zacharias Janssen in the same timeframe.
The light microscope was invented by Zacharias Janssen and Hans Lippershey in the late 16th century. They were spectacle makers from the Netherlands who are credited with creating one of the earliest versions of the compound microscope.
The scanning electron microscope was invented in the 1960s. The first commercial scanning electron microscope was introduced in 1965 by Cambridge Instruments.