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Robert Boyle (1627–91)
|Born||25 January 1627|
Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland
|Died||31 December 1691 (aged 64)|
|Known for||Boyle's law, founder of modern chemistry|
|Influences||Robert Carew, Galileo Galilei, Otto von Guericke, Francis Bacon|
|Influenced||Considered the founder of modern chemistry|
|Notable awards||Fellow of the Royal Society|
Scientific research was the main focus of Boyle's life. He joined other like-minded men in a group which called itself the "Invisible College". He was part of the group which founded the Royal Society in 1660.
As a director of the East India Company Boyle spent large sums in promoting the spread of Christianity in the East. He contributed liberally to missionary societies and to the expenses of translating the Bible or portions of it into various languages.
- Boyle's Law describes the inverse relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas.
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- Kassell, Lauren. "Invisible College (act. 1646-1647)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- "Robert Boyle’s astonishing scientific wishlist," The Royal Society: 350 Years of Science (exhibition). June 2010.