Mendaleev

Who was Dmitri Mendeleev?

﻿Dmitri Mendeleev was the last of fourteen children born in Siberia to a working family. As a young boy, his father went blind and his mother had to support the family. She moved the family to St. Petersburg and worked endlessly to get her youngest boy into college.

In his early years Mendeleev went through rigorous obstacles with his mother so he could be accepted into St.Petersburg later on he would become a professor in 1863 and would be promoted to chair of the university in 1866. Mendeleev was popular throughout the University and Russia. His classroom would be filled of people willing to learn about chemistry and hear his lectures.Another interesing fact is that Mendeleev would sit in third class on a train and teach new findings on agriculture to the working class farmers. In fact he was so popular even by his students that his last lesson in 1890 was broken up in fear of a riot by the students.

Quote from Czar Alexander of Russia " It is true Mendeleev has two wifes, but I only have one Mendeleev."

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