Lavoisier, Antoine
[ (luhv-wah-zee-ay, lah-vwah-zyay) ]
A French scientist of the eighteenth century, Lavoisier was one of the founders of modern chemistry. He discovered the role of oxygen in chemical reactions.
notes for Lavoisier, Antoine
He was beheaded during the
French Revolution. The presiding judge at his trial is supposed to have remarked, “The
Republic has no need of scientists.”