Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev, Mendeleiev, or Mendeleef) ( MEN-dəl-AY-əf; Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev, 8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best 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.
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8 February 1834 Tobolsk, Russia
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Died |
2 February 1907 (aged 72) Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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