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Robert Boyle | |
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 Robert Boyle (1627–91) | |
| Born | 25 January 1627 |
| Died | 31 December 1691 (aged 64) |
| Known for | Boyle's law, founder of modern chemistry |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, chemistry |
| Influences | Robert Carew, Galileo Galilei, Otto von Guericke, Francis Bacon |
| Influenced | Considered the founder of modern chemistry |
Robert Boyle FRS (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was a 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor and founding member of the Royal Society.
Boyle was born in Ireland to a titled Anglo-Irish family. He was the fourteenth child of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, who had arrived in Ireland in 1588.
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