Which of the following people was the first to make careful quantitative measurements which allowed the compositions of compounds to be determined accurately?

Question

Antoine Lavoisier
Epicurus
Ernest Rutherford
Joseph Proust

Answer 1

The first person to make careful quantitative measurements that allowed the compositions of compounds to be determined accurately was Antoine Lavoisier. He is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Chemistry" for his systematic approach to chemical analysis and for establishing the law of conservation of mass.