Dmitri Mendeleev

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Dmitri Mendeleev (8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best known for formulating the Periodic Table of Elements, a significant achievement in the field of chemistry.

Early Life[edit]

Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Siberia. He was the youngest of 17 siblings. His father was a teacher of fine arts, politics and philosophy. After the death of his father and the destruction of his mother's factory by fire, Mendeleev attended the Gymnasium in Tobolsk.

Education[edit]

In 1850, Mendeleev moved to Saint Petersburg, where he entered the Main Pedagogical Institute. After graduating, he contracted tuberculosis, causing him to move to the Crimean Peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea in 1855. While there, he became a science master of the Simferopol gymnasium №1. In 1857, he returned to Saint Petersburg with fully restored health.

Career[edit]

Mendeleev is best known for his work on the periodic table; arranging the 63 known elements into a Periodic Table based on atomic weight, which he published in Principles of Chemistry in 1869. His table did not include any of the Noble Gases, which were not discovered until later.

Legacy[edit]

Mendeleev's work has been widely recognized in the scientific community. The element with atomic number 101 was named Mendelevium in his honor. His Periodic Table is still used today as the most common way of organizing the elements.

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