The Englishman Robert Hooke (18th July 1635 - 3rd March 1703) was an architect, natural philosopher and brilliant scientist, best known for his law of elasticity (Hooke's law), his book Micrographia, published in 1665 and for first applying the word cell to describe the basic unit of life.n fact, it was Hooke who coined the term cells: the boxlike cells of cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery. Hooke also reported seeing similar structures in wood and in other plants. Hooke also famously described a fly's eye.
Solving the world's problems. . . one answer at a time. Martin Luther King, Jr. led several marches throughout his life. The most notable of these marches was The March on Washington, which was held on August 28, 1963.That march was the largest civil rights demonstration in history. More than 250,000 people attended.olving the world's problems. . . one answer at a time. Martin Luther King, Jr. led several marches throughout his life. The most notable of these marches was The March on Washington, which was held on August 28, 1963.
By the mid-1960s, the NAACP had regained some of its preeminence in the Civil Rights Movement by pressing for civil rights legislation. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963. That fall President John F. Kennedy sent a civil rights bill to Congress before he was assassinated.