Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
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- 1627–1691
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About Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method.
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