Curated category
Original fellows of the Royal Society
- Christiaan HuygensChristiaan Huygens was born on the 14th of April 1629 in The Hague. He entered a world of privilege as the second son of Constantijn Huygens, a diplomat and…
- Robert HookeRobert Hooke was born on the 18th of July 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. His father John Hooke served as a curate at All Saints' Church and his mother…
- John DrydenJohn Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. His father Erasmus Dryden belonged to a landowning gentry family…
- John AubreyJohn Aubrey was born on the 12th of March 1626 at Easton Piers, a manor house near Kington St Michael in Wiltshire. He grew up as an only child within a…