Person Mendeleeff; Dmitri Ivanovich (1834 - 1907) Mendeleeff Dmitri Ivanovich Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev 1834 - 1907 Male Tobolsk [Tyumen Oblast, Siberia] 08 February 1834 St Petersburg, Russia 02/02/1907 19070202

Chemistry Education: St Petersburg (graduated 1856) Career: Settled in Heidelberg and set up his own laboratory (1860); returned to St Petersburg (1861); Professor of Chemistry, Technical Institute, St Petersburg (1863); Professor of Chemistry, University of St Petersburg (1866-1890); Director, Bureau of Weights and Measures, St Petersburg (1893); apparently saw the periodic table in a dream; predicted the existence of gallium, scndium and germanium Youngest of 17 children Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1882; Copley Medal 1905 Foreign Member 19/05/1892 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1910-1911 vol 84 pp xvii-xx signed by W A T International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 8 Feb 1834 - 2 Feb 1907 NA4343 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 15/09/2023 RS_NET\HirraA Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/71528062 b2723184-56b6-4277-99b1-a30c326b933b