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Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691

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Robert Boyle (; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) 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. He is best known for Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Boyle is the 10th most popular chemist (down from 7th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Chemist.

Robert Boyle was a 17th century Irish scientist who was most famous for his work in the fields of chemistry and physics. He is best known for his book, The Sceptical Chymist, which is considered to be the first book on modern chemistry.

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Among chemists, Robert Boyle ranks 10 out of 602. Before him are Antoine Lavoisier, John Dalton, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. After him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, Svante Arrhenius, John Stith Pemberton, Edwin McMillan, and Jöns Jacob Berzelius.

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Among people born in 1627, Robert Boyle ranks 1. After him are Turhan Hatice Sultan, Shivaji, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, John Ray, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Aşub Sultan, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Willem van Aelst, Petro Doroshenko, and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1691, Robert Boyle ranks 2. Before him is Pope Alexander VIII. After him are Suleiman II, Aelbert Cuyp, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, George Fox, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Carlo Rainaldi, Cornelis Tromp, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert Boyle ranks 5 out of 549. Before him are James Joyce (1882), Oscar Wilde (1854), Richard Harris (1930), and George Bernard Shaw (1856). After him are Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), George Berkeley (1685), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819).

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Among CHEMISTS In Ireland

Among chemists born in Ireland, Robert Boyle ranks 1. After him are J. D. Bernal (1901), William C. Campbell (1930), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), and Peter Woulfe (1727).

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