Who Was Galileo?By: Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ Illustrator: John O'Brien Series: Who Was? Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long held notions about