Antoine Lavoisier is the father of 'modern chemistry'.
His photo may be found at http://encarta.msn.com/media_461541281_761571807_-1_1/Antoine_Lavoisier.html
Of course the actual father of chemistry must have bben one of those ancient alchemists whose name is unknown
2007-04-03 00:22:19
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answered by ? 5
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Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier. Using then recent discoveries of hydrogen, carbon dioxide and most importantly, oxygen, he showed over a period of about five years that the prevailing phlogiston theory of combustion was exactly wrong. For his next trick, he went on to suggest that substances such as limestone were compounds of calcium, carbon and oxygen in definite proportions, though he did not know the exact proportions. The following 30 years were occupied by chemists working out most of the implications of his pioneering work. A pretty fair biography can be found here-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier
Another very important piece of work came from John Dalton who revived the atomic theory of matter though it had never completely died -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton
2007-04-03 07:50:54
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Timothy Leary
2007-04-03 07:20:34
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Niels Bohr, who formed the Periodic Table of all elements.
See his picture in Google.com.
2007-04-03 07:21:14
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answered by thegentle Indian 7
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Look up images of Mendeleev. You should find plenty using Google.
2007-04-03 07:25:14
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answered by Gervald F 7
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I am widely considered to be the father of organic and inorganic chemistry.
Thank you.
2007-04-03 07:17:17
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answered by copenhagen smile 4
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you show me the money
2007-04-03 07:17:20
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answered by Anonymous
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who's that girl ?
2007-04-03 07:24:03
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answered by robertman30s 4
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mendelleev
2007-04-03 07:21:34
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