Chemistry Scintist Lavoisier,Antoine

was a great French chemist who is often called the father of modern chemistry. Lavoisier was a scientist and thinker of unusually wide interests. He made contributions to many scientific fields. Lavoisier's brilliant scientific career was cut short by radicals of the French Revolution who had him executed by the guillotine in 1794. Lavoisiers most important contribution to science was his explanation of the chemical basis of combustion (fire). He observed that when the chemical elements sulfur and phosphorus are burned, they increase in weight. 

                                 

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