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Born
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Russia and had about 16 siblings -
What His Parents Did
His father went blind and his mother opened a glass factory. Later that year, his father died. -
Moving
Dmitri Mendeleev moves to Russia's capital city. -
College
Mendeleev got a place at his father's college since they knew his father. He trained to be a teacher there. -
College (continued)
At age 20, he started to show his promise and started to publish research papers. -
First Profession
At age 21, Mendeleev got a teaching job in Simferopol, Crimea -
Graduated from College
After graduating form Heidelburg and Saint Petersburg and then taught in the Russian cities for a while. He then earned a masters degree in chemistry at Saint Petersburg and then did 2 years at the University of Heidelburg, -
Award for Masters Degree
In 1856, Mendeleev was awarded his degree. -
John Newlands
John Newlands made his law of octaves concept. -
Other Periodc Tables
Julius Lothar Meyer developed a few other periodic tables between 1864 and 1870 -
Periodic Table
Just 5 years after John Newlands put forth is law of octaves, Mendeleev published his periodic table of elements. Mendeleev also arranged the elements known at that time in order of relative atomic mass. -
William Ramsay
William Ramsay discovered some gases though they contradicted Mendeleev's work. -
Death
On February 2nd, 1907, Dmitri Mendeleev got the flu and died in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His students carried a large copy of the periodic table of elements to recognize his work on it. -
3D Table
In 1962, a 3 dimensional table was invented.
