Antoine Lavoisier was a French Chemist who lived in Paris, France from August 26, 1743 to May 8, 1794. He was born into a very wealthy family, and his father was a lawyer. Instead of following in his father's path, he found his love for science and began to study science and mathematics in college (even though he was already a qualified lawyer). He created a laboratory for himself and other scientists in 1775 where he would conduct many great experiments. This lab is where many of his important discoveries were made. Lavoisier “...found that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction.” He recognized and named the element oxygen, and showed how it played a role in combustion. Along with that, he learned that water is a compound made up of hydrogen
