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The early attempt to classify elements as metals and non-metals was made by Antoine Lavoisier. He was a French chemist who is also known as the "Father of Modern Chemistry". He introduced the first version of the periodic table, which included 33 elements classified into gases, metals, nonmetals, and earths.