Question

Who is known as the father of chemistry?

Answer 1

Antoine Lavoisier:-

• Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was entitled to the title of father of chemistry.
• He was born in the year 1743 and he made a great contribution to the field of chemistry.

Contributions of Antoine Lavoisier:-

Some of the contributions of Antoine Lavoisier are:-

• He came forward with the Oxygen theory of combustion.
• He was the first to establish that water is not an element but a compound.
• He also co-discovered that respiration is a form of combustion.
• He also proposed the Law of Conservation of Mass.
• He also discovered that diamond is a form of carbon and Sulfur is an element.
• He also contributed to the adoption of the metric system.
• Lavoisier co-authored the first modern system of chemical nomenclature too.
• Due to these contributions of his to chemistry, he was known as the father of chemistry.

Therefore, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was known as the father of chemistry.