Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier was born into a privileged family on August 26, 1743 in France’s capital city, Paris.
His father was Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, a lawyer in the Paris Parliament.
His mother was Émilie Punctis, whose family wealth had come from a butchery business. She died when Antoine was five years old, leaving him a large amount of money.
Between the ages of 11 and 18, Antoine was educated at Collège des Quatre-Nations, a college of the University of Paris. He studied general subjects there, including the sciences in his final two years.
Although he was very attracted to the sciences, he enrolled in the college’s law school at 18, aiming to pursue the same career as his father. (His father had encouraged him to believe that
His father was Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, a lawyer in the Paris Parliament.
His mother was Émilie Punctis, whose family wealth had come from a butchery business. She died when Antoine was five years old, leaving him a large amount of money.
Between the ages of 11 and 18, Antoine was educated at Collège des Quatre-Nations, a college of the University of Paris. He studied general subjects there, including the sciences in his final two years.
Although he was very attracted to the sciences, he enrolled in the college’s law school at 18, aiming to pursue the same career as his father. (His father had encouraged him to believe that