Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15304

    Coat of arms of Christ's Hospital

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p6
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 100mm
    width (page): 154mm
    Subject
    Description
    Woodcut showing the coat of arms of Christ's Hospital, London, printed at the top of a printed form with an invitation to a committee meeting in March 1685. The reverse of the slip contains Robert Hooke's notes.

    Hooke was a governor of Christ's Hospital and, along with a number of other Fellows of the Royal Society including Sir Jonas Moore and Samuel Pepys, was involved with the Royal Mathematical School, a branch of Christ's Hospital School.
    Related fellows
    Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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