Robert Boyle The most influential Irish born scientist to ever live was Robert Boyle. His contribution to science was vital because of his part in establishing the experimental method, on which all modern science is based (Int. #2, paragraph # 1). Boyle was born in Lismore Castle in Lismore, Ireland in 1627. He was the youngest of fourteen children. As a child he preferred to study and learn more than do normal boy things. His father was the first …showed first 75 words of 463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 463 total…mixtures in this book. (Int. #2, paragraph # 6). Robert was also very interested in theology. He spent large amounts of money to biblical translation and learned Hebrew, Greek, and Syriac in order to further learn and study the Scriptures. He was the founder of the Boyle Lectures for defending Christianity against other religions (Class Resource paragraph # 3). In 1860 Robert was elected president of the Royal Society, but he declined the offer because of his Scriptural convictions against oath-taking.