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Antoine Lavoisier

aka Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

Father of Modern Chemistry

1743 CE – 1794 CE·French Revolution·Historical

Chemist who discovered oxygen and reformed chemical nomenclature. Tax collector under ancien régime. Executed during Terror despite scientific eminence. Judge reportedly said "Republic has no need of scientists".

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

1790·Book·Edmund Burke

as “Antoine Lavoisier”

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Wikidata Q39607

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