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Robert Hooke | |
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 c. 1680 Portrait of a Mathematician by Mary Beale, conjectured to be of Hooke[1][2] but also conjectured to be of Isaac Barrow[3] | |
| Born | 18 July 1635 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England |
| Died | 3 March 1703 (aged 67)[a] London, England |
| Resting place | St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Known for | Hooke's law Microscopy Coining the term 'cell' |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics and Biology |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Academic advisors | John Wilkins, Robert Boyle |
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Robert Hooke FRS (Isle of Wight, 18 July 1635 – London, 3 March 1703) was an English naturalist, architect and polymath. Hooke played an important role in the birth of science in the 17th century with both experimental and theoretical work. He was a colleague of Robert Boyle and Christopher Wren, and a rival to Isaac Newton. Hooke was a leader in the plans to rebuild after the Great Fire of London in 1666.
There is no surviving portrait of Hooke.[4]
- ↑ Griffing (2020).
- ↑ Griffing (2021).
- ↑ Whittaker (2021).
- ↑ Portraits have been claimed, but not authenticated.
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