By: Paula Madero

Where and when did he born? Robert Hooke borned the 18th of July in

1635, in England, Freshwater, Isle of Wight.

How was his childhood?

His parents were called John Hooke and Cecily Gyles. During almost all Robert’s childhood he stayed at home because of his father health, he spent a lot of school time at home.

His father thought that his son was going to be an artist or a clockmaker because of his skills painting and working on clocks.

When he was 13 years old his father suicide by hanging and letting him 40 pounds but he reactioned fast and moved to London, and then work to the painter Sir Peter Lely

As a boy he had a lots of headaches and this made to study difficult so his parents gave up on his education. His parents didn’t expect him to live too much.

How was his childhood?

Education

School: He started with 13 years old in Westminster School.

○ Latin and Greek.○ Geometry.○ Music.

University: Started with 18 years old in the university of Oxford.

○ Astronomy, physics & chemistry.

In London with 13 years old the boy went to the school Westminster School to be educated, where he learned Latin and Greek and studied mathematics and mechanics.

In 1653 with 18 years old he script in the University of Oxford’s Christ Church College, which in that time some of the best scientists were working there, some of this got impressed with the work of Robert Hooke, he could also be the assistant of the famous chemistry scientist Robert Boyle. In the university he studied experimental science and then became a chorister.

Career

Professor of Geometry at Gresham College

City Surveyor after the Great Fire of 1666

Curator of Experiments for the Royal Society

Inventor & Researcher

In 1662 he was named curator of experiments in the newly formed Royal society of London.

Then he become a professor of geometry at Gresham College in London.

Robert Hooke as a professor in the Gresham College

The Gresham college in 1662

After the great fire of London, in 1666, Robert become to be a city surveyor. He redesigned many of London’s streets and public buildings.

This is the description or painting of something seen with a microscope

This is also a book written by Robert Hooke with a lot of illustrations of diminute animals and descriptions of them. This is still the first's world book for comprehensive with illustrations on microscopy.

Micrographia

Inventor

Modern Air Pump Flying Machines Conical Pendulum Helioscope Reflecting Telescope Wheel Barometer Spring Control Universal Joint Compound Microscope

Discoveries

Hooke’s Law, or the General Law of Elasticity, states that the extension of a spring is proportional to the weight placed on the spring.

Discovered that Jupiter revolves on its axis. Made drawings of Mars that allowed other

scientists to determine its rotation period. Observed and asked important questions

about comets. Came up with a theory explaining planetary

motion, but he lacked the mathematical ability to prove his ideas.

Cells

Was the first one to use the word cell. He thought that cells were only in plants

because he had only seen them in plants

When did he died?

Hooke’s health began to deteriorate in 1696.

Died on March 3, 1703.

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