Hans Janssen
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Hans Jannsen (1590-?) was the father of Zacharias Jansen, a spectacle manufacturer who, while playing with his father's lenses, created the first crude microscope. It consisted of two lenses, stacked one on top of the other inside of a tube. This invention has evolved into a crucial tool in scientific research, and it has provided inspiration for the telescope, monocle and the prism.