Editing Robert Hooke (section)

=== Royal Society ===
{{hatnote|Hooke's scientific work while employed by the Society is summarised in the section {{slink||Science}}, below.}}

According to Henry Robinson, Librarian of The Royal Society in 1935:
{{blockquote | Without his weekly experiments and prolific work the Society could scarcely have survived, or, at least, would have developed in a quite different way. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that he was, historically, the creator of the Royal Society.{{sfnp|Robinson|1935|p=[https://archive.org/details/diaryofroberthoo0000robe/page/n25/mode/1up xx] }}}}

The [[Royal Society|Royal Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge by Experiment]]{{efn|Subsequently renamed "The Royal Society of London for Promoting Natural Knowledge"}} was founded in 1660 and given its [[Royal Charter]] in July 1662.{{sfnp|Jardine|2003|p=96}}  On 5 November 1661, [[Robert Moray]] proposed the appointment of a curator to furnish the society with experiments, and this was unanimously passed and Hooke was named on Boyle's recommendation.{{sfnp|Aubrey|1898|p=411}} The Society did not have a reliable income to fully fund the post of Curator of Experiments but in 1664, [[Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet|John Cutler]] settled an annual gratuity of £50 on the Society to found a "{{notatypo|Mechanick}}" lectureship at Gresham College{{sfnp|Waller|1705|p=xi}} on the understanding the Society would appoint Hooke to this task.{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=29}} On 27 June 1664, Hooke was confirmed to the office and on 11 January 1665, he was named Curator by Office for life with an annual salary of £80,{{efn|About £{{inflation|UK|80|1665|r=-2|fmt=c}} today, indexed by retail prices rather than earnings.}} which consisting of £30 from the Society and Cutler's £50 annuity.{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=29}}{{efn|Cutler proved unreliable and Hooke had to sue him in following years to secure payment.{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=29}} Following Cutler's death, Hooke enlisted the aid of friends of the Cutler family, including Master of [[The Haberdashers Company]] [[Richard Levett]], with whom Hooke was separately involved in a building commission, to help recover the funds Cutler owed.{{sfnp|Jardine|2003|p=23}} }}

In June 1663, Hooke was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS).{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=28}} On 20 March 1665, he was also appointed [[Gresham Professor of Geometry]].{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=30}}{{sfnp|Jardine|2003|p=100}} On 13 September 1667, Hooke became acting Secretary of the Society{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=241}} and on 19 December 1677, he was appointed its Joint Secretary.{{sfnp|Inwood|2003|p=247}}