On this day in 1638 - July 28th - the English polymath Robert Hooke, often called "England's Leonardo", was born.

Hooke contributed to astronomy, geology, structural engineering, chemistry and physics, helped rebuild London after the Great Fire, and was a renowned experimenter, inventor, musician and artist.


Mona Evans
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