Antoine Lavoisier

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (an aa Antoine Lavoisier efter the French Revolution; 26 August 1743 – 8 Mey 1794;^[1] French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]) wis a French nobleman an chemist central tae the 18t-century chemical revolution an a lairge influence on baith the history o chemistry an the history o biology.^[2] He is widely conseedert in popular leeteratur as the "faither o modren chemistry".^[3][4] Archived 2019-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Born	26 August 1743(1743-08-26) Paris, Fraunce
Dee'd	8 Mey 1794(1794-05-08) (aged 50) Paris, Fraunce
Cause o daith	execution bi guillotine
Restin place	Picpus Seemetry
Kent for	Combustion Identified Oxygen Identified Hydrogen Stoichiometry
Scientific career
Fields	biologist, chemist
Notable students	Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Influences	Guillaume-François Rouelle, Étienne Condillac
Signatur

It is generally acceptit that Lavoisier's great accomplishments in chemistry lairgely stem frae his chyngin the science frae a qualitative tae a quantitative ane. Lavoisier is maist noted for his diskivery o the role oxygen plays in combustion. He recognised an named oxygen (1778) an hydrogen (1783) an opponed the phlogiston theory. Lavoisier helped construct the metric seestem, wrote the first extensive leet o elements, an helped tae reform chemical nomenclatur. He predictit the exeestence o silicon (1787)^[5] an wis an aw the first tae establish that sulfur wis an element (1777) raither nor a compoond.^[6] He diskivert that, awtho maiter mey chynge its form or shape, its mass ayeweys remeens the same.

Lavoisier wis a pouerfu member o a nummer o aristocratic cooncils, an an admeenistrator o the Ferme générale. The Ferme générale wis ane o the maist hatit components of the Ancien Régime acause o the profits it teuk at the expense o the state, the saicrecy o the terms o its contracts, an the veeolence o its airmed augents.^[7] Aw o thir poleetical an economic acteevities enabled him tae fund his scienteefic resairch. At the hicht o the French Revolution, he wus chaurged wi tax fraud an sellin adulteratit tabaccae, an was guillotined.