Persons With The Surname Hooke
- John Hooke (1270–1275), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
- Luke Joseph Hooke (1716–1796), Irish theologian
- Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher who discovered Hooke's law
- S. H. Hooke (1874–1968), English scholar of comparative religion
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“It is indeed very possible, that the Persons we laugh at may in the main of their Characters be much wiser Men than our selves; but if they would have us laugh at them, they must fall short of us in those Respects which stir up this Passion.”
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