(n) queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
(n) French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908), Syn. Antoine Henri Becquerel, Henri Becquerel
(n) French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794), Syn. Antoine Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier