Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect. 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.

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Who was born first?

• Robert Hooke was born 6 years after Christiaan Huygens
• Robert Hooke was born 12 years before Denis Papin
• Robert Hooke was born 15 years before Thomas Savery
• Robert Hooke was born 16 years after Prince Rupert of the Rhine
• Robert Hooke was born 20 years before Bartolomeo Cristofori

Timeline

1. Prince Rupert of the RhineDecember 17, 1619 – November 29, 1682
2. Christiaan HuygensApril 14, 1629 – July 8, 1695
3. Robert Hooke (this page)July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703
4. Denis PapinAugust 22, 1647 – August 26, 1713
5. Thomas Savery1650 – May 1715
6. Bartolomeo CristoforiMay 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731

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