Robert Hooke ( 1635 - 1703 )

Birth: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, Europe (18 July 1635) Death: Gresham College, London, England, Europe (3 March 1703) Burial: Church of St Helen, Bishopsgate Street, London, England, Europe Occupation: Architect Research Field: Physics Education: Pupil of Samuel Cooper and Sir Peter Lely; Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford; MA (1663); MD (Lambeth 1691) Career: Assisted Thomas Willis and Robert Boyle with their experiments; invented the pendulum watch; Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society (1662); Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London (1664); Cutlerian Lecturer (1664); Philosophical assistant to John Wilkins and William Petty at Durdans, Epsom, Surrey (1665); Published 'Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, with observations and inquiries thereupon' (1665); City Surveyor for London (1667); Doctor of Physic at Doctors' Commons (1691) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Council: Curator of Experiments 1662-1688; Secretary 1677-1682; On Council 1677-1681; 1684; 1686; 1689-1690; 1692-1695; 1697-1699 Editor Phil.