FratFiles

• Save Paper

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 in the ‘Invisible College', an informal body devoted to the ‘new philosophy' which in 1663 became the Royal Society, of which he was a Council member. He moved to Oxford in 1654, where he set up a laboratory with Robert Hooke as his assistant There he did most of his experimental work until 1668 when he went to live in London with his sister Lady Ranelagh.
He was made an honorary Doctor of Medicine of Oxford in 1688. In his autobiographical account (Works, vol. 1, pp. xxi–xxvi) he......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 1459
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Search For Life In Outer Space
   

   Search for life in outer space. Physical Science ... other planets. Many dedicate
   all of their time to researching extraterrestrial life. ...

2. Artificial Life
   

   Artificial Life. Artificial ... A-life techniques are also being used to explore
   the origins and chemical processes of metabolism. Some ...

3. A Tale Of Two Cities: Recalled To Life
   

   A Tale Of Two Cities: Recalled To Life. A Tale of Two Cities: Recalled to Life A
   Tale of Two Cities has long been one of Charles Dickens' most favored books. ...

4. A Tale Of Two Cities: Characters Are &Quot;Recalled To Life&Quot;
   

   A Tale Of Two Cities: Characters Are "recalled To Life". ... When Carton represented
   Darnay on trial and saved his life we saw how smart Carton was. ...

5. A Tale Of Two Cities: Recalled To Life
   

   A Tale Of Two Cities: Recalled To Life. A Tale of Two Cities: Recalled to Life A
   Tale of Two Cities has long been one of Charles Dickens' most favored books. ...