ROBERT WILLIAM BOYLE

BIRTH

• Born January 25 1627
• Lismore county Waterford Ireland
• 7th son and 14th child of Richard Boyle earl of cork and Catherine Fenton

SCIENCE

• Returned to England in 1644
• Interest in science research
• Father died

RESEARCH

• Moved to Ireland in 1652
• "Barbarous country"
• Couldn't make any advances in his research

OXFORD

• Left Ireland in 1654 to pursue scientific research
• 1657 worked with Robert Hooke on air pump

PUBLISHING

• Published in 1660
• Received criticism
• Mistaken citation

THE ROYAL SOCIETY

• Invisible college became
• The Royal society of London for improving natural knowledge

DEATH

• 1689 fell ill and asked for no visitors unless extremely important
• 1691 fell more ill and died dec 31

AWARDS

• Fellowship of the Royal society
• Bottles law named in his honor
• Robert Boyle prize for analytical science

FOR SCIENCE!

• Boyles law
• Scientific method

SOURCES

• http://www.famousscientists.org/robert-boyle/
• http://www.robertboyle.ie/about-boyle
• http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online-resources/chemistry-in-history/...