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By Ms_S_Bradley

  • birth date

    birth date
    born in London, England

  • Element Germanium

    Element Germanium
    John Newlands also predicted the existence of the element Germanium

  • incomplete periodic table

    incomplete periodic table
    John Newlands arranged the 62 known elements at the time by their atomic mass in a book called The Law Of Octaves

  • IGNORED

    IGNORED
    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

  • date of death

    date of death
    died in London, England

  • RECOGNITION

    RECOGNITION
    John Newlands earlier discovery was finally recognized andand he was given the Davy medal (3 years after his death)