Who was the one who first stated the law of definite proportions?

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Law of definite proportions:
A French chemist Joseph-Louis Proust first proposed the Law of definite proportion.
According to the law of definite proportion, constituent elements of a compound always remain in a fixed ratio (by mass) and are unaffected by its origin or manufacturing process.
The law is the foundation for chemistry's study of stoichiometry.

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