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Antoine Lavoisier
Title: Antoine Lavoisier
Category: Society & Culture / People
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Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (lah vwah ZYAY) was one of the
best-known French scientists and was an important government official. His theories of
combustion, his development of a way to classify the elements and the first modern textbook of
chemistry led to his being known as the father of modern chemistry. He contributed to much of
the research in the field of chemistry. He is quoted for saying, "Nothing is lost, nothing is created,
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…showed last 75 words of 904 total…to its tyranny and France lost one of her greatest scientist.
The leaders of the French Revolution arrested Lavoisier in 1793. In spite of his achievements,
Lavoisier was found guilty of conspiracy with the enemies of France because of his involvement in
tax collection. Nov. 24, 1793 Lavoisier and his 27 other colleagues were guillotined.
Bibliography
Bibliography: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/FrankDemo/People/lavois.html 1999 World
Book Encyclopedia http://www.dupont.com/corp/science/lavoisier/antoine.html
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