Marie anne pierrette paulze biography of george

French chemist and artist

Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, later Countess von Rumford, (20 January in Montbrison, Loire, France – 10 February ) was a French chemist and noblewoman.^[1] Madame Lavoisier's first husband was the chemist and nobleman Antoine Lavoisier.

She acted as his laboratory companion, using her linguistic skills to write up his work and bring it to an international audience.^[1] She also played a pivotal role in the translation of several scientific works, and was instrumental to the standardization of the scientific method.

Biography

Her father, Jacques Paulze, worked primarily as a parliamentary lawyer and financier. Most of his income came from running the Ferme Générale (the General Farm) which was a private consortium of financiers who paid the French monarchy for the privilege of collecting certain taxes.

Her mother, Claudine Thoynet Paulze, died in , leaving behind Marie-Anne, then aged 3, a