Dmitri Mendeleev
1834 – 1907 · aged 73
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
- Born
- 1834 · Tobolsk
- Died
- 1907 · Saint Petersburg
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- 1834BornBorn in Tobolsk
- 1855 – 1856RoleSenior professor
- 1857 – 1865RolePrivatdozent
- 1862AwardDemidov Prize
- 1863 – 1872RoleFull professor
- 1865 – 1890RoleFull professor
- 1874AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1882AwardDavy Medal
- 1889AwardFaraday Lectureship Prize
- 1892AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1905AwardCopley Medal
- 1907DiedDied in Saint Petersburg
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Major world events during their lifetime (1834 – 1907).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev ( MEN-dəl-AY-əf; 8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907) was a Russian chemist known for formulating the periodic law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. He used the periodic law not only to correct the then-accepted properties of some known elements, such as the valence and atomic weight of uranium, but also to predict the properties of three elements that were yet to be discovered (germanium, gallium, and scandium). The synthetic element mendelevium is named in his honor. He was one of the founders of the Russian Chemical Society in 1868, and worked on the theory and practice of protectionist trade and on agriculture.
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