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Which French chemist identified and named oxygen (1774) and hydrogen (1783)?

A. Robert Boyle
B. Antoine Lavoisier
C. Joseph Priestley
D. John Dalton

Explanation:

Antoine Lavoisier named oxygen and hydrogen, revolutionizing chemistry. Priestley isolated oxygen, but Lavoisier gave it the name and formalized it.

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