Robert Hooke (1635 to 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.
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Anemometer, Instruments Hooke described a swinging-plate wind gauge to the Royal Society in 1667, among the earliest practical anemometers; earlier conceptual designs (Alberti, 1450) were never built as working instruments.
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1. Robert Hooke (Wikidata)
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P20 (place of death): London, United Kingdom
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P19 (place of birth): Freshwater, United Kingdom
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P800 (notable work): Micrographia
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P800 (notable work): Hooke's law
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.
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Born: 1635-07-18
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Born: 1635-07-18
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Died: 1703-03-03
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Died: 1703-03-03
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He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, using a compound microscope that he designed.
Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: Physics and Biology
Works In: Biology, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: Physics and Biology
Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
Hooke was a Fellow of the Royal Society and from 1662, he was its first Curator
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WikipediaProposed: Hooke's Law, Lead paragraphQuote, Proposed: Hooke's Law, Lead paragraph
The law is named after 17th-century British physicist Robert Hooke.
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