Who Was Alive

Were Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1642 to 1691.

Robert Boyle was 15 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 48 when Robert Boyle died, aged 64.

Robert Boyle

Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

Born 25 January 1627 · died 31 December 1691, aged 64

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Molière
  4. Robert Boyle
  5. Isaac Newton
  6. Johann Sebastian Bach
  7. Voltaire
  8. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  9. Immanuel Kant
Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.