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26 August 1743

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Birth of Antoine Lavoisier

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the chemist who transformed the study of combustion and helped create the modern language of chemistry, was born in Paris on 26 August 1743, the son of Jean-Antoine Lavoisier and Emilie Punctis.

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