Lavoisier
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) was a French chemist who helped establish chemistry as a quantitative, experimentally based science and is often called the father of modern chemistry. Born in Paris, he studied at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and, while pursuing a career in the Ferme générale, a government tax enterprise, conducted ambitious research in his spare time.
Lavoisier helped to overthrow the phlogiston theory by demonstrating that combustion and respiration involve oxidation and
He played a central role in reforming chemical nomenclature, science education, and the quality of chemical
Lavoisier collaborated with his wife, Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, who translated essential works, conducted experiments, and illustrated