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Birth!
Mendeleev was born in the village of Verkhnie Aremzyani, near Tobolsk in Siberia, to Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev and Maria Dmitrievna Mendeleev -
about his family
Mendeleev is thought to be the youngest of either 11, 13, 14 or 17 siblings the number differs among sources, His father was a teacher of fine arts, politics and philosophy. Unfortunately for the family's money state his father became blind and lost his teaching position. His mother was forced to work and she restarted her family's abandoned glass factory. -
the tabe
Other scientists had suggested in the that the elements display periodicity.The lack of spaces for undiscovered elements and the placing of two elements in one box were criticized and his ideas were not accepted -
hIs life
he became engaged to Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva, -
his life
they got married at Nikolaev Engineering Institute's church in Saint Petersburg where he taught -
time line
Mendeleev made a formal presentation to the Russian Chemical Society, entitled The Dependence between the Properties of the Atomic Weights of the Elements, which described elements according to both atomic weight and valence -
achevments
Mendeleev was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. -
the pass away
Mendeleev died at the age of 72 in Saint Petersburg from influenza. The element number 101, the radioactive mendelevium, were named after him.
