When and how did Antoine Lavoisier die?

Antoine Lavoisier, a foundational figure in modern chemistry, died on May 8, 1794, in Paris, France.1

During the French Revolution, Lavoisier was caught in the political upheaval of the Reign of Terror. Because he had served as a member of the General Farm—a private enterprise that collected taxes for the French monarchy—he was targeted as the new Republic sought to purge itself of its royalist past.23

Lavoisier was imprisoned and subsequently guillotined alongside his father-in-law and 26 other members of the General Farm. His execution was a tragic loss to the scientific community; his contemporary, the mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange, famously remarked that while it took only an instant to cut off his head, a century might not be enough to produce another like it.23