Lavoisier, the Comite de Surete Generale and Malesherbes, 18th century by P. A. Lesueur
© Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection / Giraudon
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- Lavoisier, the Comite de Surete Generale and Malesherbes, 18th century
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Antoine Lavoisier (1743-94); known as the 'father of modern chemistry'; recognised and named oxygen and hydrogen; executed during the Reign of Terror; Committee of General Security issued warrants of arrest (mandats d'arret); Malesherbes (1721-94); French statesman, minister and counsel for the defence of Louis XVI at this trial during the French Revolution; guillotined on 23rd April, 1794;
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