Robert Hooke story
ROBERT HOOKE ROBERT HOOKE Robert Hooke English scientist Description Description Robert Hooke FRS was an English scientist, architect, and polymath, who, using a microscope, was the first to visualize a micro-organism. An impoverished scientific inquirer in young adulthood, he found wealth and esteem by performing over half of the architectural surveys after London's great fire of 1666. Wikipedia Born : 28 July 1635, Freshwater, United Kingdom Died : 3 March 1703, London, United Kingdom Fields : Physics and chemistry Known for : Hooke's law ; Microscopy; Coining the term 'cell' Influences : Richard Busby Education : Wadham College , Christ Church , Westminster School Robert Hooke was one of th e special breed scientists whose intellect and ingenuity spanned various disciplines. Like his contemporaries Issac Newton (1642-1727) and Christian Huygens, Hooke worked in many fields often with remarkable results. Hooke was born in Britain, on the Isle of Wight in 16