Antoine Lavoisier
26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794
French chemist regarded as the father of modern chemistry, who identified and named oxygen and helped establish the law of conservation of mass.
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Married Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
16 December 1771
His wife became an important scientific collaborator and translator.
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