page_title: List of new memorials to Robert Hooke 2005 – 2009
section_title: Westminster Abbey
hierarchical_section_title: List of new memorials to Robert Hooke 2005 – 2009 / Carved Stone Memorials / Westminster Abbey
caption_attribution_description: English: Floor tile to Hooke in Westminster Abbey: Eddie Smith, former Undermaster and archivist at Westminster School, worked tirelessly on Hooke's behalf to get him a small memorial in Westminster Abbey. The work took years but eventually in 2005 one was unveiled. The inscription reads 'Robert Hooke 1703' and is carved from one of the black marble tiles in the floor beneath the Lantern, near the pulpit. This is most appropriate as Hooke was responsible for the laying of this floor.
context_page_description: Robert Hooke, a major figure of 17th-century England, died essentially unmemorialized. With no immediate family, and with personal disputes with many members of the Royal Society, no memorials were erected in his honour on the occasion of his death. On the occasion of the tercentenary of his death in 2003, several efforts were made to address this situation.
context_section_description: Eddie Smith, former Undermaster and archivist at Westminster School of which Hooke was a member, worked tirelessly on Hooke's behalf to get him a small memorial in Westminster Abbey. The work took years but eventually in 2005 one was unveiled.  The inscription reads "Robert Hooke 1703" and is carved from one of the black marble tiles in the floor beneath the Lantern, near the pulpit.  This is appropriate as Hooke was responsible for the laying of this floor.
caption: Inscription to Hooke in Westminster Abbey.
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