Lavoisier
/lɑːvwɑːˈzjeɪ/- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1743-94), French scientist, regarded as the father of modern chemistry. He caused a revolution in chemistry by his description of combustion as the combination of substances with air, or more specifically the gas oxygen.拉瓦锡, 安托万·劳伦（1743-1794, 法国科学家, 现代化学之父, 将燃烧解释为物质与空气［更确切说是氧气］的化合, 引发了一场化学界的革命）。