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Antoine Lavoisier

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  • Born

  • Mother died when he was 5

  • Left Mazarin College in Paris

  • Received a law degree

  • Elected to the Royal Academy of Science

  • He married Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze

    He was 26 she was 14
  • Abandoned law to pursue a career in science

  • Met with philosopher Joseph Priestley

  • Set uplabortory in Paris

  • reacted oxygen with inflammable air, obtaining "water in a very pure state."

  • Wrote the first chemistry textbook

    Wrote the Elementary Treastise of Chemistry. The book included a list of elements, most recent theories and laws of chemistry.
  • Died

    He was guillotined