Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
(1803-1870)
Russian engineer
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Vasili Yevgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets (Russian: Василий Евграфович Самарский-Быховец; November 7, 1803 – May 31, 1870) was a Russian mining engineer and the chief of Russian Mining Engineering Corps between 1845 and 1861. The mineral samarskite (samarskite-Y, samarskite-Yb and calciosamarskite), and chemical element samarium are named after him. He was the first person whose name was given to a chemical element.
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7 November 1803 Tomsk Governorate
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31 May 1870 (aged 66)
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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