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Christian chemist who Wrote the Sceptical Chymist; wrote Boyle's Law

Dutch philosopher who doubted anything in Scripture that he thought was contrary to reason. Thought scripture was only good as historical artifact

Document that limited the king's power, granted English citizens basic civil liberties, prevented future rulers from being Roman Catholic

Change of power in England with no violence or war

French monarch who ruled with absolute, unlimited power; most successful monarch of his time

King of England who was a strong supporter of the Roman Church; abandoned his throne without fighting back during the Glorious Revolution

1) Early Greek astronomer and geographer 2) determined the distance around the earth

Father of Medicine, Greek physician who lived around 400BC

believed that the body is mostly chemicals and should be treated with chemicals

Englishman who discovered the use of a vaccine to eliminate smallpox.

father of modern chemistry, law of conservation of matter

Rationalist who did not trust any path to truth except human reason

the next ruler of England after Oliver Cromwell's death

"experience is the source of knowledge"

English astronomer who predicted the orbits of comets (A comet is named after him); recorded the position of hundreds of stars