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  1. Robert Boyle | Biography, Contributions, Works, & Facts - Britannica

    Dec 27, 2025 · 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 …

  2. Robert Boyle - Wikipedia

    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.

  3. Robert Boyle - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Jan 15, 2002 · Best known today as the father of chemistry, Robert Boyle (1627–1691) has, since the early 1990s, emerged as a significant figure in early modern philosophy, not only through his …

  4. Robert Boyle - Science History Institute

    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. A …

  5. Robert Boyle | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    With the help of his colleague Robert Hooke (1635-1703), he designed and improved an air pump capable of creating and sustaining a vacuum and used it to perform many famous experiments, …

  6. Boyle County, KY | Official Website

    Boyle County’s America 250th Celebration Committee Judge Executive Trille Bottom appoints former Judge Executive Tony Wilder to lead the County’s America 250th Celebration Committee.

  7. Robert Boyle - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists

    Using Hooke’s pump, Boyle and Hooke carried out experiments to investigate the properties of air and the vacuum, making their first great discovery: Boyle’s Law.

  8. Robert Boyle - World History Encyclopedia

    Oct 4, 2023 · Boyle formulated a principle which became known as "Boyle's Law". This law states that the pressure exerted by a certain quantity of air varies inversely in proportion to its volume (provided …

  9. BBC - History - Robert Boyle

    Read a biography of Robert Boyle - the 17th century pioneer of chemistry. Discover the importance of Boyle's Law.

  10. Robert Boyle - The Royal Society — Science in the Making

    Paper, 'A paper of the honourable Robt [Robert] Boyle deposited with the secretarys [sic] of the Royal Society and opened since his death being an account of his way of making the phosphorus etc.' by …