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Rosa Lin
Smith, Period 4
Chemistry
9/23/13
Father of Chemistry: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Born on August 23rd 1743, in Paris, France, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was a French lawyer, economist, and chemist. Although he started out his career as a lawyer, he also studied geology, mineralogy, botany, as well as chemistry. Soon, he abandoned his study in law and converted completely to studying solely science. He was best known for his naming and discovery of the elements oxygen, and…
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