Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleev

By Kiran Vaswani
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  • Birthday

    Dmitri Mendeleev was born.

  • Father passed away

    Dmitri's dad passed away in St. Petersburg, Russia from tuberculosis.

  • Mother passed away

    Dmitri's mother passed away from tuberculosis

  • Received undergraduate degree

    Mendeleev graduated with a diploma of Senior Teacher

  • Received Bachelor's degree

    Dmitri received his bachelor's degree from the Main Pedagogical Institute

  • Received Master's degree

    Dmiltri received his Master's degree

  • First Book

    Dmitri wrote his first book on spectroscope in Heidelberg

  • Mendeleev marries Feoza Leshcheva

    Mendeleev married Feozva Leshcheva from the suggestion of his older sister who felt that he needed a wife.

  • Professor of general chemistry

  • Professor at St.-Petersburg University

    Taught chemistry at the univeristy.

  • Received his phD

  • Founder of Russian Chemical Society

  • Created the first valid periodic table

  • Marriage to Anna Popova

    Mendeleev married Anna Popova while still being married to his first wife.

  • Retired from teaching

  • Became a scienctific consultant

    Mendeleev became a scienctific consultant to the Navy Ministry.

  • Became a scientific keeper

    Served as scientific keeper of the Bureau of Weights and Measures

  • Death

    Dmitri Mendeleev died from influenza.