Henry Cavendish was an English chemist and physicist. He was born on October 10, 1731 in Nice, France. He is credited with recognition of hydrogen as an element and the discovery of composition of water.
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier was born on August 26, 1743 in Paris, France. He named both oxygen and hydrogen. He demonstrated the role of oxygen in rusting of metal as well as role of oxygen in animal and plant respiration.
