Antoine Lavoisier (26-08-1743 – 08-05- 1794) – Father Of Modern Chemistry:
Antoine Lavoisier was a French nobleman, chemist and leading figure in the 18th century chemical revolution.
He has developed the experimentally based theory of the chemical reactivity of oxygen.
Lavoisier coauthored the modern system for naming chemical substances.
He also worked on combustion, respiration and oxidation of metals in 1772.
