Robert Boyle

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Fellow of the Royal Society chemist gas law natural philosopher physicist theologian writer

Robert Boyle was a 17th-century Anglo-Irish natural philosopher and chemist, often regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry and known for formulating Boyle’s law on the relationship between gas pressure and volume.

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instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
gas law ⓘ
natural philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1627-01-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1691-12-31 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
describes inverse relationship between pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
era Scientific Revolution ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish ⓘ
familyName Boyle ⓘ
father Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
Physics ⓘ
surface form: physics

theology ⓘ
formulated Boyle's law ⓘ
fullName Robert Boyle self-link ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasLawNamedAfter Boyle's law ⓘ
influenced Antoine Lavoisier ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
modern chemistry ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Bacon ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
knownFor Boyle's law ⓘ
The Sceptical Chymist ⓘ
corpuscular theory of matter ⓘ
foundational work in modern chemistry ⓘ
pneumatic experiments ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
mother Catherine Fenton ⓘ
notableWork New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects ⓘ
Some Considerations Touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy ⓘ
The Christian Virtuoso ⓘ
The Sceptical Chymist ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
sibling Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington ⓘ
supported Bible translation ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Oxford ⓘ

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Henry Oldenburg → correspondedWith → Robert Boyle ⓘ
Robert Boyle → fullName → Robert Boyle self-link ⓘ
John Locke → influencedBy → Robert Boyle ⓘ