Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist (1743-1794) and his wife and collaborator Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758-1836). Lavoisier is considered the founder of modern chemistry. He was instrumental in the use of accurate measurement in chemistry for the study of the composition of materials, oxidation and other combustion reactions. Lavoisier deduced that air consisted of oxygen and nitrogen. His book Methods of Chemical Nomenclature of 1787 set the method of naming substances by their composition of elements, which is still used today. This oil painting from 1788 is by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

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1743 1794 Antoine Laurent Antoine-laurent Chemical Chemistry Collaborator Combustion Composition Elements Laurent Lavoisier Marie-anne Measurement Method Methodology Methods Oxidation Pierrette

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