Boyle, Robert
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Epithet: 5th son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00019f
Epithet: of Stowe MS 201
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Robert Boyle (1627-1691), natural philosopher and chemist, was born at Lismore Castle, Munster, on 25 January 1627, the son of the 1st Earl of Cork. He was educated at Eton and by private tutors, and studied on the continent. Boyle settled at Oxford in 1654, where he erected a laboratory. He was responsible for 'Boyle's Law', which established the proportional relation between elasticity and pressure. He published many works between 1660 and his death on 31 December 1691.
From the guide to the Robert Boyle: Letters from him, 1678-1682, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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