Robert Boyle - Wikipedia Robert Boyle FRS [2] ( bɔɪl ; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish [3] 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
Robert Boyle | Biography, Contributions, Works, Facts . . . Robert Boyle (born January 25, 1627, Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland—died December 31, 1691, London, England) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher and theological writer, a preeminent figure of 17th-century intellectual culture
Robert Boyle - World History Encyclopedia Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was an Anglo-Irish chemist, physicist, and experimental philosopher Boyle was a prolific author, made significant experiments with air pumps, and presented the first litmus test
Robert Boyle - Science History Institute Known for his law of gases, Boyle was a 17th-century pioneer of modern chemistry Every general-chemistry student learns of Robert Boyle (1627–1691) as the person who discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—the famous Boyle’s law
Robert Boyle - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Boyle was one of the leading intellectual figures of the seventeenth century and an important influence on Locke and Newton (Anstey 2018) He was an experimental philosopher, unwilling to construct abstract theories to which his experimental results had to conform
Every Danny Boyle Movie, Ranked - InsideHook Boyle and McGregor actually fell out over the casting for this adaptation of an Alex Garland novel when Boyle opted for a post-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio (i e , what every filmmaker on Earth wanted at that precise time) to fill the role of a callow young backpacker searching for authenticity He finds a secret commune on a remote Thai island and
Robert Boyle - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists Robert Boyle put chemistry on a firm scientific footing, transforming it from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into one based on measurement He defined elements, compounds, and mixtures, and he coined the new term ‘chemical analysis,’ a field in which he made several powerful contributions
Robert Boyle - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Robert Boyle (1627—1691) Robert Boyle was one of the most prolific figures in the scientific revolution and the leading scientist of his day He was a proponent of the mechanical philosophy which sought to explain natural phenomena in terms of matter and motion, rather than appealing to Aristotelian substantial forms and qualities
Robert Boyle: The Father of Modern Chemistry - SciencePOD Robert Boyle, often hailed as the ‘Father of Modern Chemistry’, profoundly shaped our scientific understanding through his pioneering contributions Born into an influential Irish family in 1627, his academic journey took him to prestigious institutions and across Europe
Boyle, Robert - Encyclopedia. com The son of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork and a great Elizabethan adventurer, and his second wife, Katherine Fenton, Robert Boyle was born to considerable affluence and was related, by blood or marriage, to all the great Anglo-Irish families of his day He was the youngest son in a family of fourteen children