Question

12.
a French chemist was the first to establish a
experimentally useful definition of an element *
O
Antoine laurent Lavoiser
O
Robert Hooke
O
Robert Boyle
O Robert Brown​

Answer 1

Answer:

Antoine laurent Lavoiser.

Answer 2

Answer:

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Explanation:

Known for:  

Combustion,  Identified oxygen , Identified hydrogen , Stoichiometry

Fields: Biologist, chemist

Cause of death: Execution by guillotine

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-94), a French chemist, was the first to establish an experimentally useful definition of an element. He defined an element as a basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions.

Note: I think the easiest way to solve this question is to see which of these names sounds the most "French". The rest of the names all sound "English".