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Robert's father is appointed Lord High Treasurer and Robert's mother dies.
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He was sent by his father on a tour of Europe.
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Robert was influenced by Galileo's death and began to study Galileo's work.
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Robert's father died and Robert returned home to live with his sister, Katherine.
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Robert returned to Ireland to look after some of his inherited estates and becomes very rich.
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He worked with his assistant Robert Hooke on experiements with an air pump. He found that sound does not travel in a vacuum. He also proved that flames need air to survive and so does life.
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He arged against Aristotle's views on the four elements of Earth in his book The Skeptical Chemist.
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Boyle's first law states that pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
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He declined this job offer because he could not swear an oath because of his religious views.
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He died at age 64 and was buried in St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, St. Martin’s Place, in London, England.
