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Thanks for voting!  The winner of the next "Founders of Chemistry" star contest is Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.  Members can expect a new video about this 18th century chemist in the spring.

About the contest

We asked YOU to choose the star of the next installment in our "Founders of Chemistry" video series.  If you're not familiar with this series, check out our videos about Amedeo Avogadro, Robert Boyle, Marie Curie, Dmitri Mendeleev, and Ancient Chemistry (see video on right).

Voting was open to AACT members during the month of November.  Other chemists on the ballot included:

  • Niels Bohr | Model of the atom
  • James Chadwick | Neutrons
  • John Dalton | Atomic theory
  • Ernest Rutherford | Gold foil experiment
  • Joseph John (J.J.) Thomson | Electrons
  • Daniel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius & William Thomson (aka Lord Kelvin) | The temperature guys
  • Soren Peder Lauritz Sorensen, Gilbert Lewis, Martin Lowry, Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted & Svante Arrhenius | The acid/base guys
  • Write in your choice