1635.07.28

Robert Hooke

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First name
Robert
Last name
Hooke
Date of Birth
1635.07.28
Date of Death
1703.03.03
Born in
Freshwater
Died in
London

Robert Hooke was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath. Hooke was engaged (1655) by Robert Boyle as his personal assistant because of his skills in designing experiments and building equipment. He was Curator of Eperiments (1662–77), secretary (1677–82) and Original Fellow (since 1663) of the Royal Society. His reputation sprang to prominence with the publication of his Micrographia in 1665, a work on fundamental biology, which also includes a theory of light. See: Centore, 1970; DSB, vol. 6, pp. 481–8; Bennet, 2003; Gest, 2004; ODNB.

Relationships

Robert Boyle

Client

Richard Lower

Friend