Lavoisier was born on August 26, 1743 in Paris. His birthplace was a luxurious and solace mansion, even though Paris was facing poverty problems. Lavoisier’s father was an attorney of the Parliament of Paris and his mother was the daughter of the secretary to the Vice-Admiral of France (Riedman, 11).

In 1748, his mother died so he moved to his grandmother’s house. Lavoisier then started his education when he was eleven years old and after graduating high school, he was sent to the most well respected College in Paris, College Mazarin (Riedman, 12). At college Mazarin, he studied law, botany, geology, chemistry, and physiology (Grolier Biographies, 70). After graduating Mazarin, Lavoisier focused on chemistry. To progress in chemistry he b

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was one of the greatest minds of history and that is why he is still called the father of modern chemistry. Lavoisier discovered no new substances but explained the discovery in detail (Chemistry and Industry, 334), he is also responsible for making contributions in many aspects of science such as minerals and water, Phlogisten, a theory made by Phlogiston that says fire releases a substance called Phlogiston (Chemistry and Industry). He also contributed his ideas to human physiology, botany, biology, geology, but one of the major things he accomplished is proving the Phlogiston theory wrong and helping with the discovery of Oxygen (Chemistry and Industry, 334). As an author, he published the book called The Traite, which included valuable information on chemistry (Chemistry and Industry, 333).“ Today Lavoisier and his life and times continues to attract historical scholarship.” (Chemistry and Industry, 333)

ought a huge and elegant lab that he bought from the money he invested in the Ferme Generale, a tax collecting company that he became a member of. In the lab, he studied combustion and many other aspects of Chemistry (Grolier Biographies, 70). In 1771, Lavoisier married Marie Paulz, the daughter o

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