Antoine Laurent , eighteenth-century French chemist who discredited the phlogiston theory (9)
I believe the answer is:
lavoisier
(Another definition for lavoisier that I've seen is " Antoine, eighteenth century French chemist and physicist".)
I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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