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.

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instanceOf Enlightenment scientist
French person
chemist
human
causeOfDeath execution
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1743-08-26
dateOfDeath 1794-05-08
educatedAt Collège des Quatre-Nations
University of Paris
employer Ferme générale
familyName Lavoisier
fieldOfWork agronomy
chemical thermodynamics
chemistry
stoichiometry
givenName Antoine
honorificTitle father of modern chemistry
knownFor clarifying the concept of chemical element
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
American Philosophical Society
French Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
notableIdea combustion as reaction with oxygen
matter is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions
use of balance in chemistry
notableWork Traité élémentaire de chimie
occupation chemist
economist
public official
tax farmer
participantIn French Revolution
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Paris
placeOfDeath French First Republic
Paris
publicationDate 1789
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
sexOrGender male
spouse Marie-Anne Paulze


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