The father of modern chemistry is:

Priestley

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Lavoisier

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Dalton

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Mendeleev

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The correct option is D Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier is known as the father of modern chemistry. Lavoisier wrote the book "Elements of Chemistry" (1787). He compiled the first complete (at that time) list of elements, discovered and named oxygen and hydrogen, helped develop the metric system, helped revise and standardize chemical nomenclature, and discovered that matter retains its mass even when it changes forms.

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