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Epithet: 5th son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork

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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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referencedIn Sloane 1135Paper, in small quarto, ff. 68, XVII century.Collections, respecting medicines, herbs, diseases, etc., taken from Boyle’s physiological essays, Helmont, Agricola, and others; partly in English, partly in Latin. ff. 1-68.Medicine: Collectan... British Library
referencedIn William Pulley: Wrote.Writers of Manuscripts: Pulley (Gulielmus): 1656.Writers of Manuscripts: Petiver (James), F.R.S.Owners of Manuscripts: Pulley (Guilielmus): 1656.Owners of Manuscripts: Petiver (James), F.R.S.: 1706.includes:ff. 2 b, 3 b, 4 b H... British Library
referencedIn includes:ff. 1-23 b Theology: De imposturis religiorum: 17th cent.: Imperf.ff. 24-30 Antonius Thylesius, Consentinus: De coloribus: 17th cent.ff. 31-83 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Extracts from Archbishop Tillotson's... British Library
referencedIn Nathanael Highmore, MD: Drafts of letters on medical subjects: 17th cent.Nathanael Highmore, MD: Loci communes: 1676-1683.: Lat. and Engl.includes:f. 4 Henry Ashworth: Letter to Dr. Case: n.d.: Lat.ff. 14 b-1 7 Ralph Bathurst, DD, President of Tr... British Library
referencedIn Sloane 1326Paper, in 4to, ff. 152, XVII century.Correspondence and papers of Dr Henry Power, chiefly upon chemical subjects; viz:-1. A letter from him to Mr John Milner concerning the antiquity of astronomy. Dat. 1. Jan 1655/56. ff. 2-8.2. Two letter... British Library
referencedIn Vol. III. (ff. 145). 1667-1677. 1. William Lodge, the artist, to his mother, Elizabeth Aldburghe, at Gisborne, co. York; [Cambridge,] 14 Nov. 1667. f. 1. 2. [Patrick Plunkett, 9th Baron] Dunsany, to Sir E. Dering, on his misfortunes: "My sadd and dep... British Library
creatorOf Robert Boyle: Letters from him, 1678-1682 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Vol. II. (ff. 172). 1640-1667. 1. [Sir] Richard Skeffington [?aft. 4th Bart., of Fisherwick] to his cousin Sir E. Dering; Coventry, 12 Dec. 1640. f. 1. 2. The Mayor and Jurats of Sandwich to the same, asking him to oppose in Parliament the attempts t... British Library
referencedIn Sloane 1123Paper, in small quarto, ff. 47, written at the end of the XVII century.Extracts, chiefly from Robert Boyle’s works on medical and chymical subjects, with a few poetical scraps in the Hudibrastic style; in the handwriting of Dr Charles Leig... British Library
referencedIn National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 78: Naval Observatory.
referencedIn Vol. III., 1625-May 1660:-1. "Desadueu des armes de M. de Soubize par le Synode Prouincial de L'Isle de France, Picardie, Champa-ne et Beausse, 17 Auril 1625." 2. "Responses du Conseil du Roy [Louis XIII.] sur les plaintes et demandes de ceux de la ... British Library
referencedIn Robert Hooke, FRS: Collection of scientific papers and letters: 17th cent.includes:ff. 1-25 b Geography: Papers of Dr. R. Hooke rel. to the "English Atlas," printed at Oxford: 1680-1683.ff. 1-25 b Moses Pitt, bookseller and publisher, of London: ... British Library
referencedIn Writers of Manuscripts: Foote (Daniel), M.D.Owners of Manuscripts: Foote (Daniel), M.D.Daniel Foote, MD, of Cambridge: Wrote MSS.includes:ff. 2-69 b Johann Schroeder, MD, of Frankfort on the Main: Vires medicaminum omnium in pharmacopoeia Schroderi... British Library
referencedIn Writers of Manuscripts: Petiver (James), F.R.S.includes:f. 3 John Houghton, Agriculturalist: Collection for improvement of Husbandry and Trade: 1692.: Extracts.ff. 3 b-5 Hon Robert Boyle, 5th son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork: Extracts from his Na... British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 410). Jan.-Apr. 1673. 1. Royal Warrant allowing the election of Roman Catholics on corporations in Ireland; Whitehall, 14 Jan. 1672/3. f. 46. 2. Letter from William, 6th Lord Willoughby of Parham, Governor of Barbados, rel... British Library
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