Robert Hooke Biography

Robert Hooke biography

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NAME: Robert Hooke
OCCUPATION: Philosopher, Scholar, Mathematician, Architect, Illustrator, Astronomer, Physicist, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: July 18, 1635
DEATH DATE: March 03, 1703
EDUCATION: Wadham College
PLACE OF BIRTH: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England
PLACE OF DEATH: London, England

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Robert Hooke was an English philosopher, mathematician and architect who discovered the law of elasticity, now known as Hooke's law.

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Robert Hooks was an English physicist who discovered the law of elasticity, now known as Hooke's law. Hooke did research in a remarkable variety of fields. He was one of the first men to build a Gregorian reflecting telescope and to suggest that Jupiter rotates on its access. His studies of microscopic fossils are what led him to be one of the first proponents of a theory of evolution.