| Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier, né le 26 août 1743 à Paris et mort le 8 mai 1794 guillotiné à Paris,chimiste, philosophe et économiste français, est "le père de la chimie moderne". Il a énoncé la première version de la loi de conservation de la matière, identifié et baptisé l'oxygène (1778), démis la théorie phlogistique, et participé à la réforme de la nomenclature chimique. [... Lire sur Wikipédia] Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, born August 26, 1743 in Paris, chemist, French philosopher and economist, is the "father of modern chemistry." He stated the first version of the law of conservation of matter, recognized and named oxygen (1778), dismissed the phlogiston theory, and participated in the reform of chemical nomenclature. Benjamin Franklin was familiar with Lavoisier, as they were both members of the "Benjamin Franklin inquiries" into Mesmer and animal magnetism. Lavoisier died under the guillotine in Paris, on May 8, 1794. [... More on Wikipedia] | Antoine Lavoisier | Farmacia a san Calimero, Milano |