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Born: 18 July 1635 · Died: 3 March 1703 · Age at death: 67
Robert Hooke died aged 67. He was born on 18 July 1635 and died on 3 March 1703.
Polymath scientist who first used the term cell in biology
Did you know?He was a talented architect who worked alongside Christopher Wren to help rebuild London after the Great Fire.
Robert Hooke had ideas faster than he could finish them. His Micrographia revealed fleas, cork and snowflakes in stunning detail. It inspired a generation of scientists. He worked on springs, light, gravity and fossils. He also helped Christopher Wren design rebuilt London. A bitter feud with Isaac Newton helped push his reputation into the shadows. Historians now see him as one of the great experimenters of his age. No authentic portrait of him is known to survive.
Robert Hooke (18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ('natural philosopher'), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.
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English scientist, born 1635
Robert Hooke was born in Freshwater on 18 July 1635.
He coined the word cell in his book Micrographia.
He discovered Hooke's law of elasticity.
He helped rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666.
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Did you know?He first published his law of springs as a Latin anagram.
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