Branded a traitor during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Reign of Terror">Reign of Terror</a>, French chemist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antoine Lavoisier">Antoine Lavoisier</a>, who was also a tax collector with the <i id="mwfQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferme_générale" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ferme générale">Ferme générale</a></i>, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.