Robert Boyle was an Anglo-Irish chemist, alchemist, physicist, theologian, 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. January 25, 1626 – December 31, 1691; died at 65. Alive at the same time as Isaac Newton, Molière, Rembrandt, Louis XIV of France, and Antonio Vivaldi. Wiki link