The biography of robert hooke

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    Born
    18 July
    Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England
    Died
    3 March
    London, England
    Summary
    Robert Hooke was an English scientist who made contributions to many different fields including mathematics, optics, mechanics, architecture and astronomy.

    The biography of robert hooke

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    • He had a famous quarrel with Newton.

    Biography

    Robert Hooke's father was John Hooke who was a curate at All Saints Church in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Although formally a curate, since the minister was also Dean of Gloucester Cathedral and of Wells, John Hooke was left in charge of All Saints.

    It was a well off church being in the patronage of St John's College, Cambridge. As well as his duties in the church, John Hooke also ran a small school attached to the church and acted as a private tutor.

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    Robert had a brother named John, the same name as his father, who was five years older.

    Relatively few details of Robert's childhood are known. What we record here is information which he mentioned to his frie