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, …

…ts 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