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Robert Hooke
Portrait of Hooke,
2004.
Born
18 July 1635Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England
Died
3 March 1703 (aged
67)London, England
Fields
Physics
and chemistry
Institutions
Oxford
University
Alma mater
Christ Church,
Oxford
Academic
advisors
Robert Boyle
Known for
Hooke's LawMicroscopyapplied the word 'cell'
Influences
Richard Busby
Contents [hide]
1 Life and works
1.1 Early life
1.2 Oxford
1.3 The Watch Balance
Spring
1.4 Royal
Society
2 Personality and
disputes
3 Hooke the scientist
3.1 Mechanics
3.2 Gravitation
3.3 Microscopy
3.4 Astronomy
4 Hooke the architect
5 Likenesses
6 Commemorations
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External
links
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