January 27th 1627, The father of modern chemistry was born... Robert Boyle. He was born at the Lismore Castle in Munster, Ireland. Robert was the 14th child of of Earl of Cork. He was tutored as a young boy at the great Earl's new English base. Later Boyle attended Oxford were he read and experimented with his assignments and colleagues. ("Robert Boyle | Chemical Heritage Foundation." Robert Boyle | Chemical Heritage Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.)
Robert was later persuaded by his sister named Katherine to look on the Parliamentarian side. Katherine also introduced him to Samuel Hartlib, who seemed to be the main source of turning Boyle's interest to medicine and other practical matters such as agriculture. Ultimately the practice of medicine led him to his great interest in chemistry. He first used the chemistry for the …show more content…
Robert's last discovery was made into a quantitative relationship, which is (volume varies inversely with pressure). This is now called Boyle's Law. He had several critics that challenged his findings, including Hobbes and the English Jesuit Francis Linus. These two men tried to defend the old views by still keeping the theory that there was no such thing as a vacuum and that some mysterious force, that wasn't atmospheric pressure was responsible for the phenomena. ("Boyle, Robert." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008, "Boyle, Robert." International Dictionary of Films;Filmmakers. 2001, "Robert Boyle." Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004, JAN W. WOJCIK, David A. Bassett, "Boyle, Robert." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed.. 2015, John Cannon, and "Boyle, Robert." World Encyclopedia. 2005. "Boyle, Robert." Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, 01 Jan. 2008. Web. 23 Feb.
Robert was later persuaded by his sister named Katherine to look on the Parliamentarian side. Katherine also introduced him to Samuel Hartlib, who seemed to be the main source of turning Boyle's interest to medicine and other practical matters such as agriculture. Ultimately the practice of medicine led him to his great interest in chemistry. He first used the chemistry for the …show more content…
Robert's last discovery was made into a quantitative relationship, which is (volume varies inversely with pressure). This is now called Boyle's Law. He had several critics that challenged his findings, including Hobbes and the English Jesuit Francis Linus. These two men tried to defend the old views by still keeping the theory that there was no such thing as a vacuum and that some mysterious force, that wasn't atmospheric pressure was responsible for the phenomena. ("Boyle, Robert." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008, "Boyle, Robert." International Dictionary of Films;Filmmakers. 2001, "Robert Boyle." Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004, JAN W. WOJCIK, David A. Bassett, "Boyle, Robert." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed.. 2015, John Cannon, and "Boyle, Robert." World Encyclopedia. 2005. "Boyle, Robert." Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, 01 Jan. 2008. Web. 23 Feb.