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Noun: Lavoisier  lav-wa'zyey
  1. French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
    - Antoine Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Type of: chemist

Encyclopedia: Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent