Antoine Lavoisier
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Antoine Lavoisier (26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794) was a French nobleman, chemist and biologist. He is often called the "father of modern chemistry".[1]
He was the first scientist to recognise and name the elements hydrogen and oxygen and was an important figure in the start of atomic theory.
He was executed, along with hundreds of other nobles, during the French Revolution.
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