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Largely because of his introduction of conservation of mass and his rejection of phlogiston, Antoine Lavoisier is considered to be the father of modern chemistry.

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Lavoisier, Antoine Biography and a description of work and its significance, from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Lavoisier.html

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Brief biography, description of work, several illustrations, and links to related sites. From the Chemical Heritage Foundation. www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/chemach/fore/all.html

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier Biographical information and a description of his theory of combustion. cti.itc.virginia.edu/../../../../lavoisier2/home.html#paper