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Biography of Dmitri Mendeleev, Inventor of the Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev (February 8, 1834–February 2, 1907) was a Russian scientist best known for devising the modern periodic table of elements. Mendeleev also made major contributions to other areas of chemistry, metrology (the study of measurements), agriculture, and industry.
Fast Facts: Dmitri Mendeleev
- Known For: Creating the Periodic Law and Periodic Table of the Elements
- Born: February 8, 1834 in Verkhnie Aremzyani, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire
- Parents: Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev, Maria Dmitrievna Kornilieva
- Died: February 2, 1907 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Education: Saint Petersburg University
- Published Works: Principles of Chemistry
- Awards and Honors: Davy Medal, ForMemRS
- Spouse(s): Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva, Anna Ivanovna Popova
- Children: Lyubov, Vladimir, Olga, Anna, Ivan
- Notable Quote: "I saw in a dream a table where all elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper, only in one place did a correction later seem necessary."
Early Life
Mendeleev was born on February 8, 1834, in Tobolsk, a town in Siberia, Russia. He was the youngest of a large Russian Orthodox Christian family. The e
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Biography of Dmitri Mendeleev
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Dmitri Mendeleyev
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Who Was Dmitri Mendeleyev?
After receiving an education in science in Russia and Germany, Dmitri Mendeleyev became a professor and conducted research in chemistry. Mendeleyev is best known for his discovery of the periodic law, which he introduced in 1869, and for his formulation of the periodic table of elements. He died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1907.
Youth and Education
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev was born on February 8, 1834, in the Siberian town of Tobolsk in Russia. His father, Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleyev, went blind around the time his final son was born, and died in 1847. The scientist's mother, Mariya Dmitriyevna Kornileva, worked as the manager of a glass factory to support herself and her children. When the factory burned down in 1848, the family moved to St. Petersburg.
Mendeleyev attended the Main Pedagogical Institute in St. Petersburg and graduated in 1855. After teaching in the Russian cities of Simferopol and Odessa, he returned to St. Petersburg to earn a master's degree. Mendeleyev continued his studies abroad, with two years at the University of Heidelberg.
Discovery of the Periodic Law
As a professor, Mendeleyev taught first at the St. Petersburg Technological Institute and then at the University of S