Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev was and is one of the most prominent chemists of all time. Mendeleyev was born in Tobolsk, Siberia on February 7, 1834. He was the 14th and last child of Maria Dmitrievna Korniliev and Ivan Pavlovitch Mendeleev. His father was a teacher at a local gymnasium, but died while Dmitri was very young, leaving his wife to support the large family. Mendeleyev's mother then took a job managing a family-owned glass company in Aremziansk. &…showed first 75 words of 833 total…

…showed last 75 words of 833 total…the world's understanding of the elements in nature. This discoveries also won Mendeleyev numerous prestigious awards including the Davy Medal from the Royal Society of England in 1882, the Copley Medal in 1905, and honorary degrees from universities around the world. Following his resignation from the University of St. Petersburg, the Russian government in 1893 appointed him Director of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, which he remained at until his death on February 2, 1907, at the age of 73.