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    Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Robert Boyle was born at Lismore Castle, Munster on 25 January 1627, the fourteenth child and seventh son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. Robert Boyle was educated mainly by tutors and himself. He had no formal university education but read widely and made contact with many of the most important natural philosophers of his day, both at home and abroad. He had independent means which enabled him to have his own laboratory and to support religious charities. He was active

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    Robert Boyle, born January, 25 1627 was an Irish born natural philosopher and chemist. Boyle is known for being the first modern chemist, and best known for his law Boyle’s law. This law describes the relationship between pressure and volume of gas, within a constant closed system of temperature. Robert’s life of scientific research took place when he joined a band of enquirers or the “Invisible College”, which devoted themselves to new philosophy. The relationship between pressure and volume that

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    Chemistry Extra Credit Project Robert Boyle – The Father of Modern Chemistry Robert Boyle was an outstanding philosopher and writer of the seventeenth century. Born, on January 25, 1627, he grew up in the Lismore Castle, owned by his famous and wealthy father the Great Earl of Cork. Growing up in Ireland, he was educated initially by those in the castle until he was old enough to attend Eton college in Windsor, England. Upon completing his schooling in Windsor, Boyle traveled to France, Switzerland

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    Robert Boyle was an Irish philosopher. He is considered the first modern chemist and consequently, one of the founders of chemistry as we know today. He was born on January 25, 1627 in Lismore, Ireland. Born the seventh son of fourteen children to Richard Boyle and Catherine Fenton, he spent most of his childhood living in a local foster home with his older siblings. At the age of eight, his mother died and he was sent to Eton College in England where his father paid for a private tutor for Robert

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    Robert William Boyle was an Irish chemist, philosopher, alchemist, and physicist in the seventeenth century. He was born on January 27th, 1627, in Lismore Castle, in the tiny city of Lismore, Ireland. He is the fourteenth child of the Great Earl of Cork, Richard Boyle, and Catherine Fenton. Richard and Catherine were one of the richest couples in Great Britain. Richard, a successful businessman, traveled to Dublin in 1588 during the Tudor plantations of Ireland. By the time Robert was born, Richard

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    Robert Boyle was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor. He was born January 25, 1627 in Lismore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland. He was the seventh son of the earl of Cork. He was the youngest son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork by his second wife Catherine. Boyle traveled on a continent and received education in Geneva. He was one of the richest influential men in Britain. He was educated partly at home and partly at Eton College, completing his education

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    Women of Chemistry: Robert Boyle Robert Boyle was born to Richard Boyle and Catherine Fenton on January 25, 1627 in Lismore, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Richard Boyle, the Earl of Cork, and he was born into a noble family. His father was very rich and had an abundant amount of wealth due to his occupation of being a prestigious landowner. Additionally, his mother, Catherine Fenton, was also associated with a wealthy family English family. During his early childhood, Boyle was sent to live with

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    Robert Boyle is considered both the founder of modern chemistry and the greatest English scientist to live during the first thirty years of the existence of the Royal Society. He was not only a chemist and a physicist as we know him to be, but also an avid theologian, a philanthropist, an essayist, and a beginner in medicine. Born in Lismore, Ireland to Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork, and Katherine Fenton, his second wife, Boyle was the youngest son in a family of fourteen. However he

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    Robert Boyle was born on January 27,1967 at Lismore Castle in Ireland. Boyle was the youngest son of the Great Earl of Cork and Catherine Fenton. He was born into a very large family and had 13 siblings. He was the youngest son and was considered the favorite. Boyle was born into an extremely wealthy family. They lived out the beliefs in their home of the Protestant lifestyle. When he was only 8 years old, his mother died which led to him being sent off to a very prestigious private school called

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    Robert was born on January 25, 1627 to a Protestant family in Lismore, Ireland. He is the most influential Anglo-Irish scientist in history. Also during his time there was a question whether Science and Christians can coexist. Well there are certain fields of science which had conflict between coexisting with Christianity. But Boyle was in a different field of science which allowed coexistence. His work of science includes of Boyle's Law. He revealed the physical characteristics of air. Showing that

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