Person    | Male  Born 26/8/1743  Died 8/5/1794

Antoine Lavoisier

Categories: Science

Countries: France

Born in Paris to a family of nobility. Considered "the father of modern chemistry", by the French anyway, who no doubt would also claim that he discovered oxygen, when we all know that was Priestley. Fell foul of the French Revolution and was guillotined.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Antoine Lavoisier

Commemorated ati

Other Subjects

Sir Francis Galton

Sir Francis Galton

Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...

Person, Exploring, Race Issues, Science, Africa

1 memorial
Reginald Ruggles Gates

Reginald Ruggles Gates

Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. His marriage to Marie Stopes was a very public failure. Co-authored a book entitled "The Inheritance of Hairy Ear Ri...

Person, Science, Canada

1 memorial
Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Sweden

1 memorial
John Napier

John Napier

Mathematician. Born Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, his family home. 7th Laird of Merchiston (though Wikipedia says 8th). Inventor of logarithms. Died Edinburgh.

Person, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Sir Andrew Ramsay

Sir Andrew Ramsay

Born Glasgow. Geologist. In 1851 first Chair of Geology at the School of Mines (later Imperial College). Specialised in the geology of Arran and Wales. Died at home in Anglesey. Sir William Rams...

Person, Science, Scotland

1 memorial

Previously viewed

C. Lay

C. Lay

Rifleman Charles Lay was born in 1891 in Marylebone, one of three children of Louis Herbert Lay and Elizabeth Lay. Various records list his father alternatively as Herbert Louis Lay and list his ma...

Person

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
RNH - NJ

RNH - NJ

N7, Manor Gardens, Royal Northern Gardens

This small plaque is rather hidden behind plants. We don't understand the monogram ("NJ" with a head?) but guess is it commemorating the...

1 subject commemorated