ABSTRACT

The image of Robert Boyle owes much to a series of evaluations of him written shortly after his death by men who had known him well, such as John Evelyn, Gilbert Burnet and Sir Peter Pett. This book includes a selection of these previously unpublished texts.

chapter Document 4|23 pages

Gilbert Burnet’s funeral sermon, 1692

chapter Document 5|26 pages

Sir Peter Pett’s notes on Boyle

chapter Document 6a|7 pages

John Evelyn’s letter to William Wotton, 29 March 1696

chapter Document 7|4 pages

Thomas Dent’s letter to William Wotton, 20 May 1699

chapter Document 9|38 pages

Chapter from William Wotton’s life of Boyle