MCQ : Who first recognised that water is a compound of two elements (hydrogen and oxygen) in 1783?

Question

Who first recognised that water is a compound of two elements (hydrogen and oxygen) in 1783?

1. Lavoisier
2. Cavendish
3. J. Thomson
4. Robert Boyle

Answer

Antoine Lavoisier

Explanation

The recognition that water is a compound of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen, is credited to the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1783.