In 1788, Jacques Louis David painted a full-length double portrait of the chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, his wife and scientific collaborator, casting ...

Antoine Lavoisier is deservedly considered one of the great chemists in history. We might not know of his experiments if it weren’t for his wife. She became a remarkable, if unconventional, chemist ...

Marie Paulze was only 13 when she married the wealthy French lawyer Antoine Lavoisier, and she immediately started learning English so that she could act as the scientific go-between for his true ...

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-94) was a -- possibly even the -- founding father of the chemical revolution: a Washington, a Jefferson or a Franklin. (Lavoisier in fact knew Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait ...

Antoine Lavoisier didn’t just study chemistry—he transformed it Known as the Father of Modern Chemistry, he shattered old myths, discovered the role of oxygen in burning, and laid the foundation for ...

SEATTLE-- Oxygen was discovered more than 230 years ago, seized center stage in the 18th century chemical revolution and is still catching fire today. Oxygen has been the subject of space missions, ...

May 8 marked the anniversary of the death of 18th century French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, whose work revolutionised the world of science. He is the one who named the elements Hydrogen and Oxygen.

WILMINGTON, DE, June, 20, 2002 — Dr. Wilfred Sweeny – the scientist who revolutionized firefighting, professional racing and other thermal-related professions by discovering the life-saving Nomex® ...

On May 8, 1794, Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was executed by guillotine during France’s Reign of Terror. In 1879 George Selden of Rochester, N.Y., filed for the first patent for ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced it has named 12 outstanding scientists as recipients of the Lavoisier Medal of Technical Achievement and the Pedersen ...