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born in London, England
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John Newlands also predicted the existence of the element Germanium
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John Newlands arranged the 62 known elements at the time by their atomic mass in a book called The Law Of Octaves
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At first his ideas and discoveries were ignored and ridiculed until scientists like Mendeleeve who just elaborated on it got the credit for it turned out to be one of the most important generalizations in modern chemistry
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died in London, England
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John Newlands earlier discovery was finally recognized andand he was given the Davy medal (3 years after his death)