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**Antoine Lavoisier **

**Birth** August 26, 1743

Paris, France
 * Place of Birth**

Although Antoine Lavoisier was born into a rich family, his childhood was not happy. His mother and sister both died before he was eleven. He, his father and his other sister went to live with his maternal grandmother. At age eleven he went to school at Collège des Quatre-Nations (college of four nations.) He learned writing, public speaking, Greek, Latin and French literature. His works won many awards. His last year there he learned science and math, which most schools didn't offer.
 * Childhood**

Antoine Lavoisier mainly studied law, but in his spare time he also studied science. He was taught geology by Jean Guettard, a famous scientist, and family friend. He also learned chemistry from Rouelle, who was a popular public speaker. However, he did not like chemistry very much. He won a law degree in 1764, but chose to be a scientist. He also had some romance in his life. On December 16, 1771 he married Marie Anne. Marie Anne learned science and became his assistant. Antoine wanted to go to the Royal Academy of Science. After trying very hard for many years, on May 18, 1776 he was accepted, making him the youngest person ever to go to the Academy. He also joined a business firm called the tax farmers, who collected goods from other countries. Soon after joining, he was appointed tax farm general.
 * Adulthood **

All scientists thought there were only four elements, and everything else can be broken down into them. Antoine Lavoisier thought differently. He tested all of the elements except for earth. He first experimented with water and discovered that it can not change into earth. Most scientists didn't research air, they just knew that it was needed to burn things. Antoine thought that was a mixture of gases, not an element. In 1774 he discovered oxide could be heated with carbon gas, producing "fixed air" He called this oxygine. Another gas that he discovered he called "azote" which is now known as nitrogen. In 1783 he and few other scientists wrote a paper called Méthode de Nomenclature chimque (System of chemical Nomenclature) The paper has new names for the four elements. And in 1789 he published another paper called Traité élémentaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry)
 * Career **

Although he did many things, he is best known for discovering oxygen, starting the beginning of modern science.  ​
 * Best known For**

 ​ **Occupation ** Antoine's Lavoiseir's occupation was a chemist  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">During the 1790's France was in the middle of a protract revolution. In 1794 France was ruled by the Jacobins, a group of Republicans. They killed thousands of people that were against the revolution. That included all the tax gatherers and Antoine Lavoisier. Sadly, Antoine Lavoisier was guillotined in Paris on May 8, 1794.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;"> 1743 - Born on August, 26 1754 - Went to school at Collège des Quatre-Nations (College of Four Nations) 1764 - Won a law degree, but chose to be a scientist 1771 - Married Marie Anne on December 16 1774 - Discovered oxygen 1776 - Was accepted into the Royal Academy of Science on May 18. Also joined the tax farmers 1783 - Published a paper with other scientists called Méthode de Nomenclature chimque (System of chemical Nomenclature) The paper has new names for the four elements. 1789 - Published another paper called Traité élémentaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry) 1794 - Guillotined in Paris on May 8 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 144%;"> When he married Marie Anne, she was 14 and he was 28 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">**Bibliography** [|Bell, Madison Smartt.]Lavoisier in the year one : the birth of a new science in an age of revolution. New York : W.W. Norton, c2005. [|Yount, Lisa.]Antoine Lavoisier : founder of modern chemistry. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2001], c1997. " Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent ." Compton's by Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 22 Sept. 2009 <[]>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Picture Bibliography** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 144%;"> Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent ." Compton's by Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 22 Sept. 2009 <[]

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