Antoine Lavoisier
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Antoine Lavoisier was an 18th-century French chemist widely regarded as the "father of modern chemistry" for his pioneering work on the law of conservation of mass and the nature of chemical reactions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antoine Lavoisier canonical | 17 |
| Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier | 3 |
| Lavoisier | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment scientist
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French person ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1743-08-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1794-05-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège des Quatre-Nations
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Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| employer | Ferme générale ⓘ |
| familyName |
Antoine Lavoisier
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lavoisier
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| fieldOfWork |
agronomy
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chemical thermodynamics ⓘ chemistry ⓘ stoichiometry ⓘ |
| givenName | Antoine ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | father of modern chemistry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
clarifying the concept of chemical element
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identification of oxygen’s role in combustion ⓘ law of conservation of mass ⓘ modern system of chemical nomenclature ⓘ quantitative chemical experiments ⓘ refutation of phlogiston theory ⓘ work on composition of water ⓘ work on respiration and metabolism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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surface form:
Académie des sciences
American Philosophical Society ⓘ Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
combustion as reaction with oxygen
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matter is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions ⓘ use of balance in chemistry ⓘ |
| notableWork | Traité élémentaire de chimie ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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economist ⓘ public official ⓘ tax farmer ⓘ |
| participantIn | French Revolution ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
French First Republic
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Paris ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1789 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
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surface form:
Marie-Anne Paulze
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Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
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Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
this entity surface form:
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
this entity surface form:
Lavoisier
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Errancis Cemetery