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Simple Biography

Created by lucusau on 22/02/2011

Last updated: 24/02/11 at 12:19

• Dipity Timeline Created
  22/02/2011 10:01

• Death
  03/03/1703

  Death of Robert Hooke, having been blind and bedridden for the last year of his life.

• Hooke's Law
  1678

  - In 1678, Robert Hooke, on the basis of his experiments with springs, stretching wires, and coils, stated a rule between extension and force, this was the 'Hooke's Law'.

• Curator and Secretary of Royal Society
  1677

  Henry Oldenburg's death. Hooke succeeded him to the post of Secretary of the Royal Society, while still maintaining his responsibilities as Curator. Secretary of the Royal Society, 1677-83.

• 'Cometa' and Surveyor of London
  1666

  Published a work on the nature of comets, entitled "Cometa". The Great Fire of London. Hooke was appointed surveyor of London, to reestablish property lines and to supervise the rebuilding, along with Sir Christopher Wren, from 1666 - 1676. Designed many buildings including Montague House, the Royal College of Physicians, Bedlam and Bethlehem Hospital.

• Micrographia
  1665

  Hooke recorded all his drawings and observations into Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Miniature Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses.

• Microscope
  1665

  In 1665, the English physicist Robert Hooke looked at a sliver of cork through a microscope lens and noticed some "pores" or "cells" in it.

• Robert Boyle
  1658

  1658 Became a paid assistant to the scientist Robert Boyle, remaining in Boyle's employ from 1657-62.

• University
  1653

  Took up a poor scholar’s place at Christ Church, Oxford University. Employed by the anatomist Dr. Thomas Willis as a chemical assistant.

• Birth
  02/07/1635

  Robert Hooke was born on July 18, 1635, at Freshwater, on the Isle of Wight, the son of a churchman.