| Full Name |
Robert Hooke |
| Date of Birth |
18 July 1635 |
| Place of Birth |
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England |
| Date of Death |
03 March 1703 |
| Place of Death |
London, England |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
English / England |
| Education |
Westminster School, Christ Church, Oxford |
| Profession |
Natural philosopher, architect, polymath, inventor |
| Years of Activity |
Approximately 1660s - 1703 |
| Brief Information |
Robert Hooke was an English natural philosopher, architect, and polymath known for his law of elasticity, Hooke's Law. He made pioneering observations with a compound microscope, coining the term "cell" to describe plant tissue structures in his book *Micrographia*. His work significantly influenced the fields of mechanics, optics, and biological science. |