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Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher - Biography by Rod Beavon about various roles by this historical figure. From the BBC.
Robert Hooke - Biography, chronology, illustrated excerpts from "Micrographia".
Robert Hooke - Site devoted to the life and work of Robert Hooke, one of the leading scientists of 17th century England, and first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society.
Robert Hooke - Biography, specialising on his interest in biology, from the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Robert Hooke Day - A tercentenary commemoration will take place on 2 October 2003 at Christ Church, Oxford.
Hooke, Robert - Biographical outline from The Galileo Project.
Robert Hooke - Biography and references, from the University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics, Scotland.
Seeing Further, The Legacy of Robert Hooke - Biography from the Griffith Observer June 1996.
Robert Hooke - The Inspirational Father of Modern Science in England? - Biography from the BMicscape Magazine.
Robert Hooke - A biography, his paper on Earth's motion, brief description of elasticity law, links to other resources.

Robert Hooke - Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work.
Invisible College - The Invisible College was a precursor to the Royal Society of United Kingdom. It consisted of a group of scientists including Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, John Wallis, John Evelyn, Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren and William Petty.
Micrographia - Micrographia is a historical book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then twenty-eight year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published September, 1664, it was an immediate best-seller.
Christopher Cock - Christopher Cock was a London instrument maker of the 17th century, who supplied microscopes to Robert Hooke. These microscopes were compound lens instruments, which, unfortunately, suffered greatly from spherical aberration.
Anchor escapement - The anchor escapement is a type of escapement, the mechanism in a clock that maintains the swinging of a pendulum for accurate timekeeping. It was first claimed to be invented by Robert Hooke, although some references credit William Clement, but Joseph Knibb of Oxford has the best evidence in his favour.