Mei Wending vs Robert Hooke
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Compare the life timelines of Mei Wending (1633–1721) and Robert Hooke (1635–1703) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 68 years, from 1635 to 1703.
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Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified
Robert Hooke (1635–1703)
- — Born at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight Verified
- — Entered Westminster School in London Verified
- — Entered Christ Church, Oxford Verified
- — Became assistant to Robert Boyle Verified
- — Appointed Curator of Experiments of the Royal Society Verified
- — Published Micrographia Verified
- — Appointed Gresham Professor of Geometry Verified
- — Appointed a Surveyor of the City of London after the Great Fire Verified
- — Published the law of elasticity now known as Hooke's law Verified
- — Died in London Verified