Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish FRS was an English natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air". He described the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 paper, On Factitious Airs. Antoine Lavoisier later reproduced Cavendish's experiment and gave the element its name.

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Male

Date of Birth

October 10th, 1731

Age

293

Birth Place

France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Date of Death

February 24th, 1810

Died Aged