Claim: Robert Boyle (born January 25, 1627 and largely regarded as the first modern chemist) was a Royalist lawyer who joined the meetings of the "Oxonian Society" at Gresham College in 1659.
Evidence: Robert Boyle FRS (/bɔɪl/; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor.