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Born: 18 July 1635 Died: 3 March 1703
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Robert Hooke FRS (28 July [O.S. 18 July] 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath. As a young adult, he was a financially impoverished scientific inquirer, but came into wealth and good reputation following his actions as Surveyor to the City of London after the great fire of 1666 (in which he appears to have performed more than half of all the surveys after the fire). At that time, he was also the curator of experiments of the Royal Society, a member of its council, and the Gresham Professor of Geometry. He was also an important architect of his time—though few of his buildings now sur
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