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Who was executed with Antoine Lavoisier in 1794?
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Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier.
Antoine Lavoisier was executed on May 8, 1794, during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. He was guillotined alongside his father-in-law and 26 other members of the General Farm, an enterprise that had collected taxes for the government under the monarchy.12