Jan Baptist van Helmont was not beheaded. You are likely thinking of the famous French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution in 1794. Helmont died in his bed from a lung infection in 1644.
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Jan Baptist van Helmont was not beheaded. You are likely thinking of the famous French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution in 1794. Helmont died in his bed from a lung infection in 1644.
Careful readers will note that the error you are correcting is non-existent.