Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his Wife by Jacques-Louis David (detail)
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a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
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Born
26 August 1743 Paris, France
Died
8 May 1794 (aged 50) Paris, France
Known for
Acids and bases Combustion Calorimetry Carbon cycle Elemental analysis Gasometer Identified oxygen Identified hydrogen Redox reactions Stoichiometry Law of conservation of mass Thermochemistry
Fields
Biologist, chemist
Alma mater
Collège des Quatre-Nations, University of Paris
Spouse(s)
Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (married 1771–1794)
adultbasic
France
Cause of death
Execution by guillotine
era
1600-1800
Influences
Guillaume-François Rouelle, Étienne Condillac
Notable students
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Resting place
Catacombs of Paris