tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post8824936190951158395..comments2024-03-29T08:29:20.833+00:00Comments on Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...: England’s Leonardo .. our hanging Hooke?Hilary Melton-Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-11690796430646309382010-12-01T18:21:07.185+00:002010-12-01T18:21:07.185+00:00Hi Theresa .. wonderful & that will be really ...Hi Theresa .. wonderful & that will be really fun to know if you do use some of this post .. <br /><br />he was brought to life in the previous post - "Hanging Hooke" .. so perhaps you can read that one too .. and glean a bit of tensional history?!<br /><br />Hope you'll let me know .. have a great week .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-71100273930570874852010-12-01T14:53:13.109+00:002010-12-01T14:53:13.109+00:00Interesting lesson on Hooke. I'll be teaching...Interesting lesson on Hooke. I'll be teaching this period of time in a few weeks, so maybe I'll check back on this post!Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-27418368436563549142010-12-01T06:37:10.094+00:002010-12-01T06:37:10.094+00:00Hi Deborah Ann .. no just a regular person wishing...Hi Deborah Ann .. no just a regular person wishing to entertain my mother and my uncle (though his knowledge was prodigious!) .. but I'm highly grateful for the complement.<br /><br />I just love the way everything's changed over the years .. and love showing the tie ins .. because we so often forget or don't realise the whys and the wherefores.<br /><br />Enjoy the week .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-65370826394233089492010-11-30T21:15:37.527+00:002010-11-30T21:15:37.527+00:00Hilary, I hope you are a history teacher. You real...Hilary, I hope you are a history teacher. You really have a knack for teaching, but more than that it's clear you have a real love for our predecessors!Deborah Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415814125499548149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-74654823657977277572010-11-30T07:35:50.779+00:002010-11-30T07:35:50.779+00:00Hi Patricia .. thank you & wonderful seeing yo...Hi Patricia .. thank you & wonderful seeing you here. I know it was kind of Siobhan to drop by and give me a little more background to the story.<br /><br />Thanks .. this one is a little long - but the history of the period is quite tumultuous, while their achievements at the start of the Royal Society need to be set into some form of context .. <br /><br />Thanks - isn't the spider's web idea gorgeous & now everytime I see an arch .. I'll be thinking spiders!<br /><br />We had a flurry of snow overnight .. and the clouds are more menacing today & the winds are due to pick up - so what was cold will be colder .. but compared to many others in Britain - we are well off. I hope your nephew and his house is ok .. not a good thing to happen at this time of year. Thank goodness for chainsaws!<br /><br />Mum is fine .. and I toddle along! I too remembered the days when we used to play card games and games for hours on end .. I must have played Spite and Malice .. and did look it up in Wiki - but it doesn't trigger any bells!<br /><br />I think a few of us remember our parents as we comment around the blogosphere - when we mention our mothers and families .. It's great having others join in our thoughts .. you did an amazing job for your Mama .. with love and thoughts at this time .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-52313099767581094602010-11-30T07:27:28.420+00:002010-11-30T07:27:28.420+00:00Hi Stephen .. Da Vinci seems to have met his Engli...Hi Stephen .. Da Vinci seems to have met his English match here in Hooke & that recognition has been coming along very slowly - but with the finding of the folio - has cemented his rightful place as an acknowledged polymath in that period .. in the ranks or beyond of Newton, Wren, Boyle .. <br /><br />Thanks - I've loved finding out about Hooke and his history .. wonderful having you comment here .. as you've got so much on at the moment ... have a great week ..HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-77583201782767968272010-11-30T07:22:24.855+00:002010-11-30T07:22:24.855+00:00Hi Mark .. delighted to know you're learning ....Hi Mark .. delighted to know you're learning .. much as I am! It's a good way of putting it .. stretching ourselves & learning on the way through .. Thanks - great having you here .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-63252569414770154682010-11-30T05:36:52.880+00:002010-11-30T05:36:52.880+00:00Oh Hilary,
I am so glad I was able to get by and r...Oh Hilary,<br />I am so glad I was able to get by and read the rest of this post. What an amazing fellow and story and then to have the author of the play come by and comment - what intrigue<br /><br />I love these history lessons and come to life adventures and they do not seem too long - just right for all the keen information sharing.<br /><br />I am with JD about the spider web information.<br /><br />We are very cold too here - unusually so - but the snow is gone. Our nephew had a giant fir tree fall, slowly on his house, in the wind storm the other night, and we have several huge ones down in our neighborhood. Lots of chain saw action on the dry parts of the day today.<br /><br />I am glad you mum is cozy and doing okay - you stay dry and warm too.<br />Thank you for your splendid comments on my Spite and Malice post. I think of you both when I write about my mum. :)Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649391137077220495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-57246157445507063002010-11-30T05:13:00.438+00:002010-11-30T05:13:00.438+00:00Hooke sounds like the DaVinci of his time, gifted ...Hooke sounds like the DaVinci of his time, gifted in so many areas. I hope he gets his just reward of recognition someday soon. As always, thanks for the informative and interesting historical post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-31529942904597878232010-11-30T00:33:48.043+00:002010-11-30T00:33:48.043+00:00Thank-you for "hooking" us up with this ...Thank-you for "hooking" us up with this knowledge! You do stretch my knowledge and I appreciate that you do.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237538988856751173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-35805970042049737292010-11-29T21:31:28.379+00:002010-11-29T21:31:28.379+00:00Hi JD .. thanks .. I loved the word 'catenarie...Hi JD .. thanks .. I loved the word 'catenaries' .. and when I found it tied in with Hooke and his achievement re St Paul's arches .. it had to go in!!<br /><br />You're so right .. the best designs probably follow nature .. because even in nature we get split levels and lines .. <br /><br />Catenaries and Fibonacci .. interesting thoughts ..<br /><br />Great to see you here - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-27794220667843319982010-11-29T21:21:39.208+00:002010-11-29T21:21:39.208+00:00I like the parallel of the spider Web to the desig...I like the parallel of the spider Web to the design in the cathedral arches.<br /><br />It seems that some of the best appealing designs follow patterns in nature.J.D. Meierhttp://SourcesOfInsight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-45575745659108643612010-11-29T20:43:33.381+00:002010-11-29T20:43:33.381+00:00Hi Joanne .. it's an interesting era - and to ...Hi Joanne .. it's an interesting era - and to have things come back in their entirety to be 'sewn' back in to the Minutes of over three hundred yeas ago - I do find extraordinary. Let alone as you say so rightly say .. the significance and influence these folio papers will bear on history past .. finally that deserved recognition - so true.<br /><br />We probably haven't down here .. but tonight? perhaps!! Certainly the north, the east and the west country are affected .. our little island has its quirks!<br /><br />So far .. ours really is a dusting too - but it takes its' toll .. <br /><br />Have a good week .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-56626798848347649162010-11-29T20:03:08.008+00:002010-11-29T20:03:08.008+00:00Isn't it amazing how sometimes it takes so muc...Isn't it amazing how sometimes it takes so much time to pass, centuries even, before significance and influence, are deservedly recognized.<br /><br />You've gotten more snow than we've gotten yet. We've only had a dusting here in "New" England :)Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-86405845161063986842010-11-29T20:02:56.064+00:002010-11-29T20:02:56.064+00:00Hi Sara .. thank you! I needed to be enlightened ...Hi Sara .. thank you! I needed to be enlightened first .. but caught the bug!<br /><br />I hope his remains can be found and authenticated .. because as you say - what the forensic anthropologists can do is quite amazing.<br /><br />Is your youngest really studying that - how wonderful .. gosh an amazing resource you have at your fingertips .. or should I say knee!<br /><br />I'd love them to come over and comment occasionally promoting their work .. it'd be great ..<br /><br />Thanks so much .. lovely to see you .. happy week - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-55424456431789735262010-11-29T19:29:39.288+00:002010-11-29T19:29:39.288+00:00Hilary,
I really enjoyed these posts on Hooke, w...Hilary, <br /><br />I really enjoyed these posts on Hooke, who I knew nothing about until you "enlightened" me:~)<br /><br />It will be interesting to see if his remains can be found because it's amazing what forensic anthropologists can do regarding reconstruction. This is the area that my youngest is studying:~)Sarahttp://www.sarahealy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-20791769634150070242010-11-29T08:34:23.887+00:002010-11-29T08:34:23.887+00:00Hi Tristan .. you did .. it was on the previous po...Hi Tristan .. you did .. it was on the previous post where I described the play that's been written on Hooke - but you've picked up some of the new stuff - ie the coded notes etc.<br /><br />This gives a glance at the history of the period .. and some of the other players involved - the King Charles', Cromwell, Newton, Wren etc <br /><br />It will be interesting to see if they can piece together all the puzzle (or most of it) from Hooke's papers .. <br /><br />Thanks - delighted to see you here .. enjoy the week .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-45668447326148525572010-11-29T07:39:48.305+00:002010-11-29T07:39:48.305+00:00Hilary, I SWEAR I left a comment on this post, but...Hilary, I SWEAR I left a comment on this post, but it's not here. Hmmm...<br /><br />Anyway, I really enjoyed this post and right after I read it I was of to Google to find more information on the guy. <br /><br />And things like coded notes have always intrigued me! I remember getting books from the library when I was a kid about treasure hunters. The stories of the people who cracked codes to find buried treasure were always my favorites! I wonder what kind of proverbial treasure Hook is hiding!<br /><br />Thanks for an awesome and enlightening post!Tristanhttp://www.bloggingbookshelf.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-68369535883506635882010-11-28T19:08:18.638+00:002010-11-28T19:08:18.638+00:00Hi Davina .. it's been such fun finding out ab...Hi Davina .. it's been such fun finding out about this amazing man & if we can find his skeleton - will he turn out to be different to this picture .. if the forensic anthropologists can work it out for us.<br /><br />How right you are summing up his character .. I'm sure the playwright, Siobhan, would agree .. <br /><br />Isn't it great to have the record put straight for us .. by the person who actually wrote the play script - lucky me!<br /><br />Fun .. I'm loving the learning ..lovely seeing you here - have a great week .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-48251816261947493082010-11-28T18:39:54.198+00:002010-11-28T18:39:54.198+00:00I liked the drama about the revealing of the folio...I liked the drama about the revealing of the folio, too. And quite a nice-looking chap that Hooke, if that picture is accurate. Not surprising that he looks introspective, given the history you've shared. Thanks, Hilary.Davina Haisellhttp://www.shadesofcrimson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-75133262954042224022010-11-28T13:48:49.145+00:002010-11-28T13:48:49.145+00:00Hi Mason .. thanks so much - I hope you caught Sio...Hi Mason .. thanks so much - I hope you caught Siobhan's (the play's author's) comment?<br /><br />It is not pleasant here - but we could have inches of it .. for the moment it's skirting us by. <br /><br />Continental weather is always so different .. I hope this snow doesn't get stuck in (as they're threatening) .. we just seem to have had a lot in the last few years!<br /><br />You too keep warm and have a good week - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-51686217456010606482010-11-28T13:35:29.550+00:002010-11-28T13:35:29.550+00:00Hi Siobhan - what a pleasure to see you .. thank y...Hi Siobhan - what a pleasure to see you .. thank you so much for coming by.<br /><br />I sort of knew all that - but was trying to keep the post relatively short - completely failed here! - the previous post on the play itself was better - did you get a chance to read that?<br /><br />I love your story though .. how incredible about acquiring his biography .. and how right you were.<br /><br />I'd spotted him when I was looking through Wikipedia for some other info & thought - this must be a post one day ... then my school newsletter came out (Headington school, Oxford) & I spotted that one of the forms had been down to Jesus College to see your play!<br /><br />Now I wanted to see the play - then I saw you'd had it here in Eastbourne .. but I'd been rather busy in the summer .. and completely missed it - otherwise I'd have been in the Eastbourne audience.<br /><br />So as it was in Chichester .. I couldn't resist .. and I think I was sitting next to you - as I think you were in the lighting booth?<br /><br />The play was very well done & beautifully written .. I loved the story and your take on it .. and now the added little snippets of interest.<br /><br />Your instinctiveness to write the play was a brilliant stroke of genius! I loved the transition from the guardian telling the story, to Hooke as the dishevelled shadowy genius as you call him.<br /><br />Talk about fate with the discovery of the Folio - an amazing find - the scientific world and The Royal Society must have been staggered.<br /><br />Wonderful to have your full story here and thank you so much for coming over to comment - brilliant to see you.<br /><br />Keep in touch .. all the best HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-32019502434138498922010-11-28T13:27:24.197+00:002010-11-28T13:27:24.197+00:00An interesting post. I'd never heard of Robert...An interesting post. I'd never heard of Robert Hooke before. You always have interesting and informative post. <br /><br />Glad you Mom is warm and cozy. I don't even want to think about snow. We are beginning to have cold nights (26 degrees last night) and warm up only into the upper 50s during the day. I know before long we'll have the white flakes flying here (in Georgia) too. Stay warm and have a great week.<br /><br />Mason<br /><a href="http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thoughts in Progress</a>Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-74395074872716839292010-11-28T13:10:19.520+00:002010-11-28T13:10:19.520+00:00Hi Hilary Very glad that you enjoyed the performan...Hi Hilary Very glad that you enjoyed the performance of my play at Chichester Festival Theatre earlier this month. I thought you might be interested to know that the auction in itself was not in fact my impetus for writing HANGING HOOKE. The events were far more surreal: in July 2005 I acquired a Hooke biography completely accidentally [at a birthday party!];whilst reading the very first page I had an overwhelming albeit instinctive<br />response. That night I made two decisions immediately: it was to be a solo show and I wanted the actor Chris Barnes to play the ingenious man.So actually I began my research Autumn 2005. The finding of the folio in 2006 was in my view a beautiful act of fate; God given to a playwright with a massive challenge. With thanks and good wishes, Siobhan [Take the Space is a theatre company committed to creating and touring new work]Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394172751063653080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-36218830238883413212010-11-28T08:36:20.206+00:002010-11-28T08:36:20.206+00:00Hi Talli .. now being a Londoner! .. you understan...Hi Talli .. now being a Londoner! .. you understand these eras .. and the Royal Society. Thanks so much - it's a typical 21st story in some way .. a play ready to be written - which fortunately Siobhan Nicholas wrote for us to see & to bring Hooke's story to life.<br /><br />We'll wait to see what the day brings! .. London doesn't often get snow - but is just plain cold! Wrap up warm in your choccy blanket with lots of coffee and chocolate to hand .. happy Sunday .. nearly there with the WebSplash!<br /><br />Here's to an excellent week .. happy days ..HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com