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How did the Venetian Senate reward Galileo Galilei for his telescope?
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Galileo, oil painting by Justus Sustermans, c. 1637, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
In August 1609, after Galileo Galilei presented an eight-powered telescope to the Venetian Senate, the government rewarded him with life tenure and a doubling of his salary. This promotion made him one of the highest-paid professors at the university.1