Modern portrait of Robert Hooke (Rita Greer 2004), based on descriptions by Aubrey and Waller; no contemporary depictions of Hooke are known to survive.
Born 28 July [O.S. 18 July] 1635
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England
Died 3 March 1703 (aged 67)
London, England
Nationality English
Fields Physics and chemistry
Institutions Oxford University
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Academic advisors Robert Boyle
Known for Hooke's law
Microscopy
applied the word 'cell'
Influences Richard Busby