And his Creation of the Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev And his Creation of the Periodic Table

Dimitri Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Russia on February 8, 1834 Dimitri Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk, Russia on February 8, 1834. He had a large family, consisting of him, his parents, and as many as sixteen siblings. Unfortunately, his father died when he was thirteen.

At 21, Dmitri got a job as a science teacher At 21, Dmitri got a job as a science teacher. Soon, he returned to college and got a degree in chemistry in 1856. Then, to pursue chemistry, he moved to Germany to continue his research and got to work with Robert Bunsen, the creator of the Bunsen burner.

After attending his first official scientific debate, Mendeleev was inspired to write a book. He called it Organic Chemistry, and it sold well. He later wrote a sequel called the Principles of Chemistry. Mendeleev still felt the need to improve Russian chemistry, but he also felt that the elements were too disorganized. This led him to try and organize the elements that he wrote on cards and moved around, trying to find some correlation. He fell asleep, and when he woke up, he found exactly what was needed.

Mendeleev won many awards, both for his books and his advancements in chemistry. He won two important ones in particular, the Copley Medal in 1905 and the Demidov Prize, in 1862.

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