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Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was a devout Bible-believing Christian who is considered to be the father of modern chemistry. He was born in County Waterford in Ireland on January 25, 1627. In Boyle's day, alchemy was more popular than true chemistry, being a medieval chemical philosophy looking to change common metals into gold, find a panacea (something that can cure every illness), and make an elixir that gave long life and everlasting youth. Chemistry is more the study of what substances are made of and their properties.

Although Robert Boyle believed in the possibility of the transmutation of metals, he made great contributions towards science, and through his work he advocated the scientific experimental method.

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