Who was the first person to invent the eye glasses?

Question

No. It was not Benjamin Franklin, he invented the bifocals.

Answer 1

It was not Ben Franklin , as you point out . It was Thomas Jefferson !!!

Answer 2

Although Nero used emerald-colored lenses to view the gladiator

games in A.D. 60, it's questionable whether he could actually see

better. The first "reading glass" was developed around A.D. 1000

but was more of a magnifying glass than an eyeglass. Most

historians believe the first eyeglasses were invented in 1284 or

1285. No one knows if the inventor was a monk, a scientist, or a

craftsman, but all agree that the inventor was Italian.

In the 1300s eyeglasses were a luxury used by the rich as a

symbol of their wealth and power. However, when Gutenberg

invented the printing press in 1456, the history of eyeglasses

changed forever. Because of the widespread availability of books,

the use of reading glasses gradually filtered down to the common

people and became an important part of everyday life.