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Early life
Robert Hooke was born in the village of Freshwater on the western toe of the Isle of Wight, the son of Cecily Gyles and John Hooke, a curate at All Saints&#; Church.
Even as a child he showed great mechanical talent. He made a sundial, took apart a clock and constructed a working model in wood, and created a toy sailing boat that could fire its miniature cannons.
Hooke came to Westminster School during the first decade of Dr Richard Busby&#;s 57 year incumbency as Head Master.
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He stayed at Busby‘s house and they remained on good terms until Busby’s death. As well as learning the usual subjects such as Latin and Ancient Greek, at Westminster Hooke also learned to play the organ and &#;contrived severall ways of flying&#;.
His mathematical talent, which would prove useful to him in the future, allowed him to master the first six books of Euclid&#;s Elements in a week.
Hooke acquired a place as chorister at Christ Church, Oxford, leaving Westminster in At Oxford, Ho