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Robert Boyle FRS [2] (/ b ɔɪ l /; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish [3] natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method.
The Boyle family are an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family headed by the Earl of Cork. ... Robert Boyle; Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery; Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery ...
Lord Burlington was succeeded in the earldom of Cork and the other remaining titles by his third cousin John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, who became the fifth Earl of Cork as well (he was descended from the third son of the first Earl of Cork, and had also inherited the titles of Baron Broghill [Ireland] and Baron Boyle of Marston in the Peerage ...
The first Earl was made Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Baron Castle Martyr at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Shannon was the second son of Henry Boyle, second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork .
However the family fortunes were later restored when John Boyle of Kelburn was elected as a Commissioner of Parliament. [1] John's eldest son, David Boyle also became a Commissioner of Parliament and Privy Councillor. [1] In 1699 David was raised to the Peerage as Lord Boyle of Kelburn. [1] In 1703 he was created Earl of Glasgow. [1]
Henry Boyle, son and namesake of the Hon. Henry Boyle, the younger son of the first Earl of Orrery, was created Earl of Shannon in 1756. The Irish placename Orrery (c 1300) came from Gaelic Orbhraighe , which was at first the name of a tribe ( Orbh-raighe = "Orb's people"), and then of a territory and a barony in County Cork [ 1 ]
Roger Boyle (1646–1682) 2nd Earl of Orrery: William Cavendish (1640–1707) 1st Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 4th Earl of Devonshire and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick: Charles Boyle (d. 1704) 3rd Earl of Cork and Viscount Dungarvan, 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford: Lionel Boyle (1671–1703) 3rd Earl of Orrery ...
Articles related to the Anglo-Irish alchemist, chemist, and physicist Robert Boyle (1627-1691) and his career. Pages in category "Robert Boyle" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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