What is recorded here
Robert Boyle, seventh son of the Earl of Cork, was born in January 1627 at Lismore Castle in County Waterford. He left Ireland young for Eton, yet the castle's southern light and his father's vast lands remained the hidden scaffold of a mind that would later reshape chemistry itself.
Why this person is known: Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
- Birthplace
- Lismore Castle
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Photo: Johann Kerseboom · Public domain