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Robert Hooke: the archival tragedy of dying intestate
Professor Lisa Jardine and Dr Robyn Adams, AHRC Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, QMUL
When Robert Hooke died in March 1703 his will was incomplete and unsigned. In spite of the best efforts of friends like Richard Waller his enormous archive was rapidly dispersed, and much of it lost. This event will explore some of the consequences of leaving a legacy of disorganised documents.