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Portrait of French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, shown in formal 18th-century attire with a white wig and ruffled cravat, looking slightly to his left.

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist

Joseph-Louis Proust, medallion by Pierre-Jean David

Joseph-Louis Proust

French chemist

Fresenius, engraving after a photograph

Carl Remigius Fresenius

German chemist