Establishing Modern Experimental Chemistry

Robert Boyle

An Irish-born natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. As one of the figures who contributed greatly to the establishment of modern chemistry, he promoted a mechanistic study of nature emphasizing experimentation. Particularly known for Boyle's law, which shows the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas, he greatly influenced the development of chemistry as an experimental discipline separate from alchemy and traditional natural philosophy through The Sceptical Chymist. He was also one of the representative researchers during the founding era of the Royal Society.

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Year	Robert Boyle
1627	Birth of Robert Boyle (Period: January 25, 1627, Location: Lismore (now County Waterford, Republic of Ireland))
1635	Education at Eton College (Robert Boyle, Age: 7 years old, Period: 1635–1638, Location: Eton (present-day England))
1638	Educational Tour of Continental Europe (Robert Boyle, Age: 10 years old, Period: 1638–1644, Location: France, Switzerland, Italy, etc.)
1639	Wars of the Three Kingdoms (Age: 11 years old, Period: c. 1639–1653, Location: England, Scotland, and Ireland)
1640	Participation in the Oxford Experimental Philosophy Group (Robert Boyle, Age: 12 years old, Period: late 1640s–1650s, Location: Oxford (present-day England))
1641	Irish Rebellion (Age: 13 years old, Period: c. 1641–1649, Location: Various parts of Ireland) Interruption of European Travel Due to the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (Age: 13 years old, Period: 1641–1644, Location: Ireland, Geneva, and various parts of Europe) Contact with the Ideas of Galileo Galilei (Age: 13 years old, Period: 1641–1642, Location: Florence (present-day Italy))
1642	English Civil War (Age: 14 years old, Period: 1642–1651, Location: England, Scotland, Ireland)
1644	Inheritance of the Stalbridge Estate from His Father (Robert Boyle, Age: 16 years old, Period: 1644–1645, Location: Stalbridge (present-day Dorset, England))
1649	Beginning of Experimental Research at Stalbridge (Robert Boyle, Age: 21 years old, Period: c. 1649, Location: Stalbridge (Dorset))
1654	Relocation to Oxford and Experimental Research (Robert Boyle, Age: 26 years old, Period: 1654–1668, Location: Oxford)
1657	Boyle's Air Pump Experiments (Age: 29 years old, Period: c. 1657–1660, Location: Oxford (present-day England))
1660	Vacuum Controversy with Thomas Hobbes (Robert Boyle, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1660s, Location: London and Oxford) Publication of New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and its Effects (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1660, Location: Oxford) Activities During the Founding Period of the Royal Society (Robert Boyle, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1660–1663, Location: London)
1661	Publication of The Sceptical Chymist (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1661, Location: London)
1662	Establishment of Boyle's Law (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1662, Location: Oxford and London)
1668	Relocation to London (Robert Boyle, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1668, Location: London)
1669	Later Research Activities and Retirement from the Royal Society (Robert Boyle, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1669–1691, Location: London)
1680	Support for the Irish Language Bible (Robert Boyle, Age: 52 years old, Period: 1680s, Location: London and Ireland)
1691	Death of Robert Boyle (Age: 64 years old, Period: December 30, 1691 (December 31 according to some sources))
Unknown	Marriage (Robert Boyle, None, Period: N/A, Location: N/A)

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East India Company	James Lancaster John Davis William Keeling Henry Middleton Thomas Best Thomas Roe Josiah Child Gerald Aungier Job Charnock
Expansion into North America	John Smith John Winthrop William Bradford William Penn James Oglethorpe Cecil Calvert John Cabot
Science and Astronomy	Galileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Francis Bacon René Descartes William Harvey Robert Boyle Robert Hooke Christiaan Huygens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Isaac Newton Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Arts and Culture	Peter Paul Rubens Rembrandt van Rijn Diego Velázquez Johannes Vermeer Anthony van Dyck Giovanni Battista Lulli Antoine Watteau

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