Robert Hooke was an Englishman, born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight on July 18, 1635. He died in London on March 3, 1703. During his life he contributed a great deal to the world of science, contrary to what was expected of him at an early age.
As a child, Robert Hooke was constantly in poor health. It was never expected that he would live past his childhood. He had frequent headaches which made studying for school very difficult. His parents decided to quit pursuing an education for their son, and Hooke was left to learn on his own accord. He became fascinated by mechanical objects such as toys and clocks. He also developed a talent for drawing.
Hooke did survive to see adulthood, and old age. In his 68 years he held many positions in different fields.
* Apprentice to Peter Lely, a portrait painter of the time
* Professor of geometry at Gresham College in London
* Assistant to Robert Boyle
* London City Surveyor
* Curator of experiments for the Royal Society of London
* Lecturer on mechanics
* Secretary of the Royal Society of London
Robert Hooke invented many instruments for variable purposes. The following is a limited list of his many inventions.
* modern air pump
* wheel, double, & marine barometers
* anchor escapement of clocks
* spring control of the balance wheel in watches
* arithmetic machine
* 1st Gregorian telescope
* compound microscope
* reflecting telescope
* diving engine
* spiral gear
* universal (Hooke's) joint
* iris diaphragm
* lens grinding machine
* conical pendulum
* springy saddle
* horizontal sail for windmills
* applied telescopic sights to surveying instruments
* air gun
Robert Hooke's first publication was in 1661, on the subject of capillary action.
Norbert Rillieux was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 17, 1806. His mother, Constance Vivant was a freed slave from New Orleans, and his father, Vincent Rillieux, was a inventor and engineer. Vincent invented the steam-operated cotton baling press. Norbert's academic talents were seen at an early age by his father, and was sent to Paris to be educated.
... Royal Society. He discovered numerous things about matters such as light and gravity, and in 1703 was elected as president of the Royal Society.
expressed that the boy woke up one day wanting to be a writer, and he then picked up his
American Airlines was under Robert Crandall's leadership from 1980, when he was named president and later chairman, until he retired in 1998. He possesses characteristics like intelligence, character, ability, and desire, all of which is needed to get things accomplished through people. American Airlines was transformed from a small, domestic carrier to one of the world's leading airlines with the largest jet fleet worldwide. American led the airline industry in the 1990's in revenues and operating income, and its parent company, AMR Corporation, was one of the top Fortune 500 companies under Crandall’s reign.
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist who was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809. He was the second youngest of six children. Before Charles Darwin, there were many scientists throughout his family. His father, Dr. Robert Darwin, was a medical doctor, and his grandfather, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, was a well-known botanist. Darwin’s mother, Susannah Darwin, died when he was only eight years old. Darwin was a child that came from wealth and privilege and who loved to explore nature. In October 1825 at age sixteen, Darwin enrolled at Edinburgh University with his brother Erasmus. Two years later, Charles became a student at Christ’s College in Cambridge. His father wanted him to become a medical doctor, as he was, but since the sight of blood made Darwin nauseous, he refused. His father also proposed that he become a priest, but since Charles was far more interested in natural history, he had other ideas in mind (Dao, 2009)
At the turn of the 20th century, Herbert Croly – as far as the accelerating world was concerned – was a man without a name. Painfully shy and without many friends, he was admitted to Harvard in 1886 as one of 96 "special students" who would not be eligible for a degree. Perhaps the world should have realized he would one day be reckoned with when was given the former room of newspaperman William Randolph Hearst, who was expelled from Harvard a year before Croly entered its halls. But Croly remained aloof through his long stay at Harvard, which had more promising sons to look after. However, when in 1909 Croly published his first and most remembered book, The Promise of American Life, he was instantly recognized as a great political thinker. Eager to recognize him as one of its own, Harvard gave him his bachelor’s degree soon after the jubilant reviews were printed.
Robert Edmund Cormier was a well-known columnist, author and reporter. He was born on January 17, 1925 in Leominster, Massachusetts to Irma and Lucien Cormier. He was the second of eight children and enjoyed spending time with his family. Family was always more important than fame or fortune to Cormier. Hard work and commitment led him to jobs that helped prepare him to be an excellent writer. Throughout his life he wrote many award winning books; two of his most well known books are The Chocolate War and Now and at the Hour. Used as an escape from the harsh truths of life, writing was Cormier’s favorite hobby (Smith).
Francis Bacon ~ used the scientific method to conduct experiments, he is known as a father of modern science for this.
	Robert Hunter had his poetic beginnings in the Palo Alto, CA coffeehouse scene in the mid-sixties. It was there that he began writing poetry and found his future song writing partner Jerry Garcia.
Over his lengthy, distinguished career, British screenwriter and playwright Robert Bolt has been thrice nominated for Academy Awards and has won twice for Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Man for All Seasons(1966). Born and raised in Manchester, Bolt served in the British Air Force during WWII and afterward attended Manchester University.
Francois Viete went to many places and did a lot of things. He lived for 63 years. In his life he got to do more or at least as much he wanted to do. He got to work for Kings, and also been married twice. Francois Viete was a very interesting. He also went to a few different countries.
James Hutton was born June 3rd, 1726, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a Scottish farmer and a naturalist, later in life he was known as the father of modern geology.
Robert Capa Robert Capa was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1913. Robert Capa is best known for his photographs during the war. Known for obtaining photos taken during a war that show what it is like to be in a war. Showing things like the hardships that soldiers have to endure and the suffering of people whose homes and cities were destroyed as a result of war. His photos are divided into three categories: images of battle, images of the effect of war on individual soldiers and civilians, and the images of peace.
R.L. Stine, born Robert Lawrence Stine, was born on October 8, 1943. Robert was born under Anne and Lewis Stine. His mother, Anne, was a homemaker. Robert’s father, Lewis, was a shipping clerk. R.L. Stine was not the only child. He has a younger brother and sister, Bill and Pam. In his family, Robert was not known as R.L, all of his family members called him Bob. Robert first started getting interested into writing pieces of literature when he started to fiddle with an old typewriter that he discovered in his attic when he was nine years old. He first began by writing jokes and humorous stories that he often times passed around to his friends at school. Robert’s teachers were always taking away his stories that he wrote, but that never stopped R.L. Stine from creating his works of art and distributing the pieces. Robert only ever had one frighting experience throughout his lifetime. He explains it as when his mother read him the Pinocchio story. Stine states that “The original Pinocchio is terrifying.... He goes to sleep with his feet on the stove and burns his feet off!” (Robert...Stine, 2014). Robert was never a very athletic person or very outdoorsy. R.L. Stine usually spent a majority o...
The cylinder phonograph proved to be successful, but the problem with the machine was that the tin foil only allowed a few uses. With the help of another great inventor, new advances could be made to improve this invention. The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, had set up a laboratory for his cousin, Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter. Bell a...