The World's First Space Telescope - Scientific American Blog Network
Astronomy/Astrophysics History - Johannes Lippershey (c.1570-c.1619) demonstrated a new invention on 2 October, 1608, the first optical (refracting) telescope - prototype of the modern telescopes - to the Netherlands States General. Lippershey
History of the telescope - Wikipedia
Grote Reber's First Radio Telescope – National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Telescope | Smith | Encyclopedia of the History of Science