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French scientists. established that combustion is form of chemical action , gave oxygen its name |
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Answer» Antoine Lavoisier, in full Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, (born August 26, 1743, PARIS, France—died May 8, 1794, Paris), prominent French chemist and leading figure in the 18th-century chemical REVOLUTION who developed an EXPERIMENTALLY BASED theory of the chemical reactivity of oxygen and coauthored the modern system for naming chemical substances. Having ALSO served as a leading financier and public administrator before the French Revolution, he was executed with other financiers during the Terror. |
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