Edmund Culpeper the Microscope Inventor

Male, #46958, (circa 1670 - 1737)

Parent*Rev. Edward Culpeper of Gunville, co. Dorset, England (s 1640 - )
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Name Variation  Edmund Culpeper the Microscope Inventor was also known as Culpepper the Microscope Inventor. 
Name Variation  Edmund Culpeper the Microscope Inventor was also known as Colepeper the Microscope Inventor. 
Birth*circa 1670 He was born circa 1670. 
 He was the son of Rev. Edward Culpeper of Gunville, co. Dorset, England. 
Death*1737 He died in 1737.1 
Biography* Edmund Culpeper was an English instrument maker whose name is known to all those who are interested in the history of the microscope. Edmund is credited with popularizing two important elements in microscope design: the sub-stage mirror and the tripod microscope, which is referred to as Culpeper-type.

He was the son of Edward Culpeper, a clergyman, of Gunville, co. Dorset, England. He was apprenticed to one Walter Hayes in 1684, whom he eventually succeeded in business, working as a Mathematical Instrument maker in London from 1700 to his death in 1737. He was the father of Edmund (II), also a Mathematical Instrument maker who was known to have been working in 1758-59. Additional information and references can be found in: Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Makers 1550-1851. Zwemmer (pub.), London, 1995.1 

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Last Edited 14 Jan 2003

Citations

  1. E-mail from Stuart L. Warter Ph.D., e-mail address, (Member of the Microscopical Society of Southern California and Professor of Biology Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach) to Warren L. Culpepper, 5 Dec 2002.