❐ Robert Hooke: The 'English Leonardo' who was a 17th-century scientific superstar
2019 Jul 19
No contemporary portrait of Robert Hooke seems to have survived. This 2004 oil painting is based on descriptions during his lifetime. Rita Greer, CC BY
Born on July 18, 1635, this polymath broke ground in fields ranging from pneumatics, microscopy, mechanics and astronomy to civil engineering and architecture.