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Peter Dollond
Peter Dollond (24 February 1731 – 2 July 1820 born Kensington, England) was an English maker of optical instruments, the son of John Dollond. He is known for his successful optics business, and for the invention of the apochromat.
Biography.
Working together with his father and subsequently with his younger brother and nephew (George Dollond) he successfully designed and manufactured a number of optical instruments. He is particularly credited with the invention of the triple achromatic lens - i.e., apochromatic lens - in
1763, still in wide use today, though known as the Cooke triplet after a much later 1893 patent.
Peter Dollond worked at first silk weaving with his father, but his father's passion for optics inspired him so much that in 1750 Peter quit the silk business and opened an optical instruments shop in Kennington, London. After two years, his father gave up silk, too, and joined him.
Dollond telescopes, for sidereal or terrestrial use, were amongst the most popular in both Great Britain and abroad