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Also Known As Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Born August 26, 1743 • Paris • France
Died May 8, 1794 (aged 50) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study chemical compound • chemical element • chemical reaction • combustion • conservation of mass • heat • hydrogen • oxidation • oxygen • quantitative chemical analysis • respiration • water

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Henry Cavendish
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Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau
French chemist and educator
German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.
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John Mayow
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Claude-Louis Berthollet.
Claude-Louis Berthollet
French chemist
Joseph-Louis Proust, medallion by Pierre-Jean David
Joseph-Louis Proust
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Henry-Louis Le Chatelier
French chemist
Étienne-François Geoffroy, engraving by Landon after a portrait by Nicolas de Largillière
Étienne-François Geoffroy
French chemist
Vauquelin, lithograph by François-Séraphin Delpech
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
French chemist
Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet
French chemist
Edmond Frémy
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Ferdinand Berthoud
French horologist
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Joseph Priestley
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Dmitri Mendeleev
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Wilhelm Ostwald.
Wilhelm Ostwald
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Alfred Nobel
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Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle
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Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Abū Mūsā
Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
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Sir Derek H.R. Barton.
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
British chemist
Jacques Dubochet
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