Robert Boyle Robert Boyle was born in Ireland in the county of Waterford in the city of Lismore on the 25th of January 1627. His father Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, had left England in 1588. Robert’s mother, Catherine Fenton Boyle, was Richard’s second wife. Robert was the seventh son. His parents had a total of fifteen children. At the age of twelve Robert’s father sent him on a tour of Europe eventually leading …showed first 75 words of 405 total…

…showed last 75 words of 405 total…Society. His reasons were religiously based. He said he couldn’t swear to necessary oaths. He died on December 25th, 1691 in London. “… for him a god who could create a universe – who could create matter in motion, obeying certain laws out of which the universe as we know it could come into being in an orderly fashion – was far more to be admired and worshipped than a god who created a universe without scientific law.”