One of the most unlikely success stories in the history of chemistry is that of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev (also Mendeléev, Mendeleef and Mendeleeff). Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk in western Siberia on February 8, 1834. He was the youngest...

The Russian chemist Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907) is best known for the formulation of the periodic law of the chemical elements. Dmitrii Mendeleev was born on Feb. 8, 1834, in the Siberian town of Tobolsk. He was the seventeenth and last...

Russian chemist One of the most unlikely success stories in the history of chemistry is that of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev (also Mendeléev, Mendeleef, and Mendeleeff). Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk in western Siberia on February 8, 1834. He was...

1834-1907 Russian Chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev is best known for his development of the periodic table of the elements. His table is based on the patterns he observed when the elements are organized by increasing atomic weight. Using his table, he was...

(Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Менделе́ев, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev listen (help·info)) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 in Tobolsk – 2 February [O.S. ] 1907 in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist and...

The periodic table of the elements--the venerable icon of chemistry found today in classrooms throughout the world and in many of our purses and wallets--was devised in 1869 by the eximious Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907). Several individuals before him, including Dobereiner, Newlands,...

The XVIII Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry took place in Moscow 23-28 September 2007. The Congress celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the Mendeleev Congresses in Russia and the forthcoming 175th birthday of Dmitry Ivanovitch Mendeleev in 2009. The congress was...

Provides a brief biography on the life and accomplishments of the scientist Dmitry Mendeleev, who created the periodic table of elements.