Quote by: Antoine Lavoisier

This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne); it is a property which I claim from my contemporaries and from posterity.


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  • NameAntoine Lavoisier
  • DescriptionFrench chemist
  • Aliasesfather of modern chemistry; Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
  • BornAugust 26, 1743
  • DiedMay 8, 1794
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionChemist; Philosopher; Economist; Biologist; Physicist; Jurist; Scientist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society