Robert Boyle Research Paper

The scientist I chose to write about is Robert Boyle. I will be telling you all the important facts that happened in his life time. I will tell you when he was born and when he died. I will also tell you where he was born and in where at. Also who his parents were and if he had and siblings. I will try to tell you all about Robert Boyle's life. Like what discoveries he made, tell you how he's important, and how he became known.
Robert Boyle was born January 25, 1627 in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. His parents were Richard Boyle and Catherine Fenton. When Boyle was a child he was fostered to a local family, also his elder brothers. Boyle had gotten taught Greek and French and when he was about eight years of age, following the death of his mom, he was sent off to Eton College in England. At this time Roberts father hired him a tutor, Robert Carew. Spending time with the tutor, they visited Italy in 1641 and stayed in Florence in the winter studying paradoxes of the great star-gazer. …show more content…
In 1654 he left Ireland to go to Oxford to make more progress in his works. Reading in 1657 of Otto Von Guerickes air pump, he put himself with assistance of Robert Hook for improvements, the "machina Boyleana" finished in 1659. Boyle made his first speaking of the law that the volume of gas varies to the amount of gas, which this was called the Boyles Law. In 1663 the invisible College became The royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. Boyle was names member of the council by Charles || of England. In 1680 Boyle was elected president of society, but declined it. Boyle made an"wish list" of 24 inventions. During his time at Oxford Boyle was a