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Antoine Lavoisier

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Scientist

The Resume

    (August 26, 1743-May 8, 1794)
    Born in Paris, France
    Named the elements oxygen and hydrogen
    Demonstrated that rusting and respiration are forms of combustion
    Developed the first law of conservation of mass
    Helped develop the metric system
    Executed during the French Revolution

Why he might be annoying:

    At 28, he married a 13-year-old.
    He used the results of other scientists without acknowledgment.
    He was a tax collector.
    A statue erected in Paris to honor him a century after his death used a leftover head of a fellow scientist, the Marquis de Condorcet.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is called 'the father of modern chemistry.'
    He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences at age 25.
    Mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange said, 'It took them only an instant to cut off that head, but France may not produce another like it in a century.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 45.31% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 101 Votes: 36.63% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 35.42% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 326 Votes: 44.17% Annoying