Dmitri Mendeleev

Also known as Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleiev, Dmitry Mendeleyev, Dimitri Mendeleyev

Russian chemist (1834–1907)

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Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist who, in 1869, created the periodic table of elements by arranging known chemical elements by their atomic weight and properties. His breakthrough organization of the elements became foundational to chemistry and science education, allowing scientists to predict the properties of undiscovered elements and understand the fundamental building blocks of matter.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Dmitry
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Verkhnie Aremzyani
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: economist
Position held: full professor
Educated at: Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology
Employer: Saint Petersburg State University
Languages spoken: French
Native language: Russian
Religion: deism
Notable work: Periodic table
Doctoral advisor: Alexander Voskresensky
Field of work: Periodic table
Image: Dmitri Mendeleev.jpg

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civil rank: Privy Councillor
member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Commons category: Dmitri Mendeleev
date of birth: 1834-02-08
date of death: 1907-02-02
topic's main category: Category:Dmitri Mendeleev
Commons gallery: Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
place of burial: Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways
cause of death: pneumonia
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manner of death: natural causes
contributed to creative work: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
IPA transcription: ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ mʲɪndʲɪˈlʲejɪf
Commons Creator page: Dmitri Mendeleev
name in native language: Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев
writing language: Russian
birth name: Дмитрій Ивановичъ Менделѣевъ
interested in: chemistry

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Encyclopedic overview

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (/ˌmɛndəlˈeɪəf/ 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.

Early life

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