Robert Boyle: By Himself and His Friends

Editor Michael Hunter is Professor of History, Birkbeck College, University of London. He is general editor of The Pickering Masters Works of Robert Boyle (14 Volumes) the Correspondence of Robert Boyle (6 Volumes), and editor of Robert Boyle Reconsidered (Cambridge University Press 1994).

• Introduction Robert Boyle, An Account of Philaretus During his Minority Biographical notes dictated by Boyle to his amanuensis, Robin Bacon The 'Burnet Memorandum': notes by Bishop Burnett on an interview with Boyle in which he reflected on episodes in his life (hitherto unpublished) Gilbert Burnet, A Sermon preached at the Funeral of the Honorable Robert Boyle (1692) Sir Peter Pett's notes on Boyle (hitherto unpublished) John Evelyn's letters to William Wotton James Kirkwood's letter to William Wotton Chapter from William Wotton's Life of Boyle (hitherto unpublished)