Robert
Boyle, born on 25 January 1627, was an Anglo-Irish
natural philosopher and theological writer, a preeminent figure of 17th-century intellectual
culture. He was best known as a natural philosopher, particularly in the field
of chemistry, but his scientific work covered many areas including hydrostatics,
physics, medicine, earth sciences, natural history, and alchemy.
Known for the law of gases, Boyle was a 17th-century pioneer of modern chemistry. Every general-chemistry student learns of Robert Boyle as the person who discovered that the volume of gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa - the famous Boyle's law.
His
prolific output also included Christian devotional and ethical essays and theological
tracts on biblical language, the limits of reason, and the
role of the natural philosopher as a Christian. He sponsored many religious
missions as well as the translation of the Scriptures into several
languages. In 1660 he helped found the Royal Society of
London.
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