Who is the founder of chemistry?

Question

Who is the founder of chemistry?

Answer 1

The basic ideas of element and compound were first formulated by the Greek philosophers during the period from 500 to 300 B.C.

Jabir Ibn Haiyan, about 780, experimental chemistry, proportional law.

Robert Boyle, 1627-1692, modern idea of elements.

Antoine Lavoisier, 1743-1794, quantitative measurement.

John Dalton, 1766-1844, atomic theory of chemistry.

Joseph Priestley, 1783-1804, discoverer of oxygen.

Answer 2

Today chemists honor Robert Boyle as the founder of modern chemistry. They consider him one of the ten greatest scientists of all time.

Answer 3

Mendelev.

Answer 4

This is an impossible question to answer, as there is no one founder of chemistry and many who have some claim to that title.

Here are some candidates:

Jabir Ibn Haiyan, about 780, experimental chemistry, proportional law.

Robert Boyle, 1627-1692, modern idea of elements.

Antoine Lavoisier, 1743-1794, quantitative measurement.

John Dalton, 1766-1844, atomic theory of chemistry.

Joseph Priestley, 1783-1804, discoverer of oxygen.

Robert Boyle--Founder of Modern Chemistry

I'm sure there are many more.  

Answer 5

robert bayle is the father of chemistry