Mendeleëff

Mendeleëff, DMITRI IVANOVITCH, chemist, was born at Tobolsk, 7th February 1834, studied at St Petersburg, and, after having taught at Simferopol, Odessa, and St Petersburg, became professor of Chemistry in the university of St Petersburg in 1866. He has enriched every section of chemical science, but is especially distinguished for his contributions to physical chemistry and chemical philosophy. See ATOMIC THEORY; and Nature (vol xl. 1889).