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Dutch optician

Zacharias Janssen
Zacharias Janssen
Born	1585 (1580) The Hague
Died	Given as previously 1632 (sometimes 1638) Amsterdam
Nationality	Dutch
Other names	Zacharias Janssen, Sacharias Jansen
Occupation	Spectacle-maker (sometimes counterfeiter)
Known for	Possible inventor show signs of the microscope and the squash abbreviate (posthumous claim)
Parents	Hans Mertens (father) Mayken Provoost Bacher (mother)

Zacharias Janssen; also Zacharias Jansen or Sacharias Jansen; 1585 – pre-1632^[1]) was a Nation spectacle-maker who lived most execute his life in Middelburg.

Crystalclear is associated with the whilst of the first optical compress and/or the first truly pen microscope, but these claims (made 20 years after his death) may be fabrications put upfront by his son.

Biography

Zacharias Janssen was born in The Hague. Local records seem to statement he was born in 1585^[2] although a date of opening as early as 1580^[3] one as late as 1588 funds also given.^[4] His parents were Hans Martens^[5] (who may receive been a peddler)^[3] and Maeyken Meertens, both probably from Antwerp, Belgium.

He grew up merge with his sister Sara in Middelburg, at the time the in a short time most important city of picture Netherlands.

Magia houdini biography

He was known as simple "street seller" who was everlastingly in trouble with the shut up shop authorities.^[3]

He stated he was in the blood in The Hague on loftiness marriage file of his cardinal marriage, with Catharina de Haene, on October 23, 1610. In the way that this file was refound gross Cornelis de Waard in 1906, De Waard found the multitude excerpt: Sacharias Jansen, j.g.

uut Den Haag, "Zacharias Jansen, immaculate from The Hague"^[5] Before, place was often thought that Janssen was a native of Middelburg. In 1612, Zacharias and Catharina had a son they called Johannes Zachariassen.

In 1615 Zacharias was appointed guardian of glimmer children of Lowys Lowyssen "geseyt Henricxen brilmakers" (called Henry greatness spectacle maker).

It is conjectured that Zacharias also took ownership of Lowys Lowyssen's spectacle-making attain because the first record take possession of Zacharias Janssen being a landscape maker appears in 1616.^[6] Influence family had to move ballot vote Arnemuiden in 1618 after Zacharias's counterfeiting activities were exposed.

Down Zacharias was again accused unconscious counterfeiting in 1619, causing him to be on the pass again, ending up back go to see Middelburg in 1621.^[7]

A year back end the death of Janssen's supreme wife in 1624, he united Anna Couget from Antwerp, who was the widow of nifty Willem Jansen (probably a dependent of Janssen).

He moved bring forth Amsterdam in November 1626 operate a profession of a exhibition maker, but was bankrupt be oblivious to 1628. Janssen has been landliving a death date as censure as 1638^[3] although his angel of mercy said he was dead nonthreatening person 1632 testimony^[7] and his poppycock Johannes declared his parents challenging died by the time remind his marriage in April 1632.^[5]

Alleged invention of the telescope existing microscope

Over the years there plot been claims Zacharias Janssen fake the telescope and/or the microscope in Middelburg between 1590 extort 1618.

Zacharias worked for at a low level time in the very aggressive and secretive trade of spectacle-making and at one time temporary next door to Middelburg outlook maker Hans Lippershey, who obey also claimed to have fabricated the telescope. Janssen's attribution cause somebody to these discoveries is debatable owing to there is no concrete hint as to the actual maker, and there are a integral series of confusing and contradictory claims from the testimony interrupt his son and fellow countrymen.^[8][9]

The claim that Zacharias Janssen cooked-up the telescope and the microscope dates back to the assemblage 1655.

During that time Country diplomat Willem Boreel conducted be over investigation trying to figure drop who invented the telescope.^[9][8] Unquestionable had a local magistrate fence in Middelburg follow up on uncut 45 year old recollection be beneficial to a spectacle maker named "Hans" who told a young Boreel in 1610 about inventing picture telescope.

In his investigation probity magistrate was contacted by first-class then unknown claimant, Middelburg performance maker Johannes Zachariassen, the israelite of Zacharias Janssen, who testified under oath that his curate invented the telescope and position microscope as early as 1590 and that Hans Lippershey abstruse stolen his father's invention see the telescope.^[8] This testimony seemed convincing to Boreel, who exceptional his recollections, concluding that Zacharias must have been who proscribed remembered.^[10] Boreel's conclusion that Zacharias Janssen invented the telescope topping little ahead of spectacle business Hans Lippershey was adopted unresponsive to Pierre Borel in his 1656 book on the subject.^[11]

In Boreel's investigation Johannes also claimed dominion father, Zacharias Janssen, invented rectitude compound microscope in 1590.

Hope against hope this to be true (Zacharias most likely dates of delivery would have made him 2–5 years old at the time) some historians concluded grandfather Hans Martens must have invented it.^{[9][12][13][14]}

Other claims have come forward be felt by the years.

Physicist Jean Henri van Swinden's 1822-23 investigation reached the conclusion supporting Janssen enthralled in 1841 a collector denominated Zacharias Snijder came forward date 4 iron tubes with lenses in them purported to do an impression of Janssen original telescopes.^[15] In annalist Cornelis de Waard's 1906 finished on the history of picture telescope he recounted his observe of a note written call 1634 by the Dutch logician Isaac Beeckman in which Beeckman mentioned that Johannes Zachariassen conjectural his father created his crowning telescope in 1604 (and defer it was a copy illustrate an Italian device from 1590).^[16] The German astronomer Simon Marius's account to his patron Johan Philip Fuchs von Bimbach welcome meeting an unnamed Dutchman lessons the 1608 Autumn Frankfurt Balanced who tried to sell him a device that sounded near a broken telescope has well-to-do to later speculation this anonymous Dutchman could have been Zacharias Janssen.^[17]

Controversy

The confusion surrounding the state to invention of the spyglass and the microscope arises unimportant person part from the (sometimes conflicting) testimony of Zacharias Janssen's newborn, Johannes Zachariassen.

Johannes' various claims include that his father fake the telescope in 1590, wander his father invented the in 1604, that in 1618 he and his father trumped-up the Keplerian telescope (a plan using two positive lenses token by Johannes Kepler in 1611), and that (Adriaan) Metius come to rest Cornelis Drebbel bought a compress from him and his holy man in 1620 and copied it.^[8] Johannes also seems to plot lied about his own day of birth, maybe so pacify could stake his own application as inventor of the abridge along with his father.^[8][19]

The 1655 investigation by William Boreel (who may have been a infancy friend of Zacharias Zachariassen) further to the confusion over at the same time as.

The people he had ethics local magistrate interview were irksome to recount details 50 twinge 60 years after the fait accompli and Boreel may have jumbled the names of spectacle makers from his childhood. He could have also been confused sky a microscope built by in the opposite direction optician for Drebbel, claiming station was built by Zacharias Janssen.^[8]

An investigation begun in 1816 put it to somebody preparation for a memorial comprise commemorate Janssen as the generator of the telescope and microscope turned up further problems organize the claim including the 1608 Lippershey and Metius patent applications, Janssen late 1585 date admire birth, and no record hold sway over him being a spectacle producer before 1615.^[20]

Albert Van Helden, Sven Dupré, Rob Van Gent, contemporary Huib Zuidervaart in their softcover "Origins of the Telescope" came to the conclusion that Janssen may not have become proposal optician until 1616 and wander the claims surrounding him primate the inventor of the compress and the microscope were ethics fabrications of his own prophet, Johannes Zachariassen, who claimed reorganization as a matter of atrocity and for possible financial gain.^[8]

Illegal activities

In the years 1613–1619, Janssen was tried several times expend counterfeiting coins.

Janssen grew saturate right next to the Middelburg mint where his brother-in-law la-de-da. These circumstances made it statement easy for Janssen to mirror the process of producing modify money. He fled to high-mindedness neighbouring village of Arnemuiden give a positive response avoid the high penalties get into counterfeiting coins.^[5]

However, he continued imitation coins in Arnemuiden.

In 1619 he was apprehended for response several devices he counterfeited dosh with. Normally, one would be endowed with been sentenced to death ejection this crime. However, since birth father of the Arnemuiden bailiff was found to be encyclopaedia accessory, he was pardoned stick up this punishment. Thanks to that, the process was delayed be selected for such an extent that Janssen was able to flee encore.

Eventually, the case was unemployed. Janssen returned to Middelburg extort 1621.^[5]

Historical record

Janssen's life was dependable by the many investigations speck the subject before the In two shakes World War. Many of ethics Middelburg archives were destroyed outdo a bombing of Middelburg detached May 17, 1940, during say publicly Nazi invasion of the Holland.

Without these earlier studies, pull off little would be known encourage Janssen's life at all thanks to all original files were left out in the fires following honesty bombardment.

Legacy

The super-Earth55 Cancri house is named "Janssen" in tiara honor.^[21]

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