Public protest Committee

Fourcroy was ultimately disappointed in his ambitions, not achieving the academic rank to which he aspired (a decision based on politics rather than qualifications), and his health failed. He died at the age of 54, probably from a stroke. De Morveau remained an active revolutionary and voted for the execution of Louis XVI. In fact he served as president of the first Committee of Public Safety, but he was too moderate by some standards and was replaced. Away fighting the Austrians at the time of Lavoisier s trial (de Morveau helped to organize the first military air force in the form of crew-carrying reconnaissance balloons), he may not have known of Lavoisier s arrest until too late, or had he known he may not have been able to return in time to protest. After the Terror his scientific career, like Fourcroy s, continued to prosper. De Morveau also worked well with Napoleon and under Napoleon was administrator of the mints, retiring finally only after Waterloo. Even when the Bourbon monarchy was restored and many of those responsible for the execution of Louis XVI were exiled, de Morveau was allowed to remain in France where he died 6 months later. 

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