Father of Chemistry

Antoine Lavoisier:

He was a French nobleman who created a revolution in Chemistry in the mid 18th century. He made a large revolution in both the history of chemistry and the history of biology. He is most popular in books as the father of chemistry because of the service he did for chemistry.

He was born on 26th August 1743 in Paris, France. His full name was Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier. He is most famous for combustion, for identifying oxygen, identifying hydrogen, and in Stoichiometry.

Antoine's most famous books are Elements of Chemistry in 1790, Traite Elementaire de Chime in 1789, Essays physical and chemical in 1776, and Essays on the effects produced by the various processes of atmospheric air in 1783.


Antoine recognized and named gases like oxygen in 1778, and hydrogen in 1783. He also opposed Phlogiston theory. He was the first person to write the first extensive list of elements. He also helped in reforming the chemical nomenclature.

He also discovered that whether matter changes its form or shape, its mass remains the same. In aristocratic council, he was the most powerful member. At the peak stage of the French revolution, he was charged with adulterated tobacco and also with tax fraud.

He was born to a wealthy family of Paris. He inherited a lot of fortune upon the death of his mother at the age of five years. He began his schooling at the University of Paris. Lavoisier also received a law degree but he never set his practice.

Lavoisier made many sponsorships in the field of chemistry. His intense interests in the field of chemistry made him most famous although he is rich. In 1771, at the age of 28 Lavoisier married Marie-Anne who is a daughter of a senior member of Ferme general.

He died on 8th May 1794 by the execution. It was made by guillotine and his resting place was catacombs of Paris.

 Modern Chemistry-

Chemistry is nothing but the scientific study about the elements, compounds which are composed of atoms, molecules, and ions. In terms of subject, chemistry is the one that connects a link between physics and biology.

Chemistry is often called the 'Central science'. It is so because it provides a foundation for understanding both basic and applied scientific disciplines also at a fundamental level. Let us go through the knowledge base of chemistry. It explains the aspects of plant chemistry which is known as 'Botany', the formation of igneous rocks which means in 'Geology'. This also explains how the atmospheric zone is formed and how the environmental pollutions are degraded.

Currently, atomic structure's model is the quantum mechanical model. Chemistry from ancient days starts with the study of elementary particles, atoms, molecules, metals, crystals, and other little concrete matters that needed to be considered.

Matter can exist in solid, liquid, gas states or in isolation, and combination modes. In a chemistry laboratory, those reactions with other atoms, chemical bonding between gases, and how liquids interact and react with each other can be studied.