Telescope Maker Biography Resources
ATS members and other Internet sources containing biographies about
telescope makers, opticians, and other topic-related individuals.
![John Dollond](https://frtrendler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dollond2-e1666302602296.jpg)
John Dollond (1706-1761)
John Dollond (1706-1761)
Bio by M. Eugene Rudd
![Portrait of John Brashear, photograph, 1920 (historicpittsburgh.org)](https://frtrendler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-5.42.49-PM.png)
John A. Brashear (1840-1920)
*Portrait of John Brashear, 1920 (historicpittsburgh.org)
info on his life: bio
book: John A. Brashear; the autobiography of a man who loved the stars
![Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)](https://frtrendler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ramsden2-e1666303105700.jpg)
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)
Jesse Ramsden By M. Eugene Rudd
![Simon Plössl (September 19, 1794, Vienna – January 29, 1868, Vienna)](https://frtrendler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/220px-Simon_Ploessl-e1666302830279.jpeg)
Georg Simon Plössl (1794-1868)
![Bernhard Schmidt](https://frtrendler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bernhard_Schmidt.jpg)
Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935)
![George Adams of Fleet Street, Georgian Compass c.1740 - Compass Library](https://frtrendler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-5.32.30-PM.png)