DRAFT Robert Hooke - The forgotten polymath genius behind Ramsbury Manor
Friday 27th November 2026
19:30 to 21:00
Ramsbury Memorial Hall, High Street, Ramsbury, SN8 2QU
John Benson
Most people walk past Ramsbury Manor without knowing that its architect helped invent modern science. Robert Hooke – early member of the Royal Society, author of a scientific law, discoverer of the cell, Christopher Wren's right hand in the rebuilding London after the Great Fire and the Restoration architect of hospitals, churches, town and country houses. This polymath genius of the 17th Century Enlightenment was described by a recent biographer as England’s lost Leonardo da Vinci.
Join John Benson to discover Hooke’s story: his brilliance, his prickly character, his scientific achievements, his bitter rivalry with Isaac Newton that helped erase his reputation and how Ramsbury’s Manor helped restore it.
Tickets £15 each - available from: Ramsbury Post Office; Ian Smith; and (TO BE CONFIRMED)
Doors open 7:00pm for a 7:30 start.
John Benson
Most people walk past Ramsbury Manor without knowing that its architect helped invent modern science. Robert Hooke – early member of the Royal Society, author of a scientific law, discoverer of the cell, Christopher Wren's right hand in the rebuilding London after the Great Fire and the Restoration architect of hospitals, churches, town and country houses. This polymath genius of the 17th Century Enlightenment was described by a recent biographer as England’s lost Leonardo da Vinci.
Join John Benson to discover Hooke’s story: his brilliance, his prickly character, his scientific achievements, his bitter rivalry with Isaac Newton that helped erase his reputation and how Ramsbury’s Manor helped restore it.
Tickets £15 each - available from: Ramsbury Post Office; Ian Smith; and (TO BE CONFIRMED)
Doors open 7:00pm for a 7:30 start.
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