Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
1743–94
French scientist and public servant. Foremost a chemist, he discovered the role of oxygen in chemical reactions. Had a lifelong interest in geology, was a pioneer in scientific agriculture, and an able financier. Executed on the guillotine during the "Reign of Terror".
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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