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an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry
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Born
25 January 1627 Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland
Died
31 December 1691 (aged 64) London, England
Known for
Boyle's law Corpuscularianism
Fields
Physics, chemistry
Institutions
Royal Society
adultbasic
Britain
Education
Eton College
era
1600-1800
Influenced
Isaac Newton
Influences
Galileo Galilei Otto von Guericke Francis Bacon Evangelista Torricelli Samuel Hartlib Katherine Boyle Jones
Notable students
Robert Hooke