Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery

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Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, politician, and patron of the sciences whose name is commemorated in the mechanical model of the solar system known as an orrery.

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Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery canonical 2
4th Earl of Orrery 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish nobleman
human
mechanical model of the solar system
patron of science
politician
aristocraticFamily Boyle family
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Ireland
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Boyle
fieldOfActivity politics
science patronage
gender male
givenName Charles
hasOccupation nobleman
patron of the sciences
politician
influenced development of mechanical models of the solar system
languageUsed English
nameCommemoratedIn orrery
namedAfter Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery self-linksurface differs
nobleRank Earl
nobleTitle Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery self-linksurface differs
surface form: 4th Earl of Orrery
notableFor being namesake of the orrery
patronage astronomical research
scientific instrument makers
positionHeld member of the English peerage
member of the Irish peerage

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The Scriblerus Club hasMember Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery nobleTitle Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 4th Earl of Orrery
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery namedAfter Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: orrery