Dmitri Ivanovich

Mendeleev[2] (/ˌ mɛndəlˈ eɪ əf/ MEN-dəl-AY-əf;[3] Russian: Дми́трий

Ива́нович Менделе́ев, IPA: [ˈ dmʲ itrʲ ɪ j ɪ ˈ vanəvʲ ɪ tɕ mʲ ɪ ndʲ ɪ ˈ lʲ ejɪ f] ( listen);

8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907 O.S. 27 January 1834 – 20 January 1907)

was a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created
a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements, and used it to correct
the properties of some already discovered elements and also to predict the
properties of eight elements yet to be discovered.

Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev in 1897

Born Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

8 February 1834
Verkhnie Aremzyani, Tobolsk
Governorate, Russian Empire

Died 2 February 1907 (aged 72)

Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Nationality Russian

Alma mater Saint Petersburg University

Known for Formulating the Periodic table of

chemical elements
Spouse(s)  Feozva Nikitichna
Leshcheva (1862–1871)
 Anna Ivanovna Popova
(1882)

Awards  Davy Medal (1882)

 ForMemRS (1892)[1]

Scientific career

Fields Chemistry, physics

Academic Gustav Kirchhoff

advisors

Notable  Dmitri Petrovich

students Konovalov
 Valery Gemilian
 Alexander Baykov