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Also Known As Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev • Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev
Born February 8, 1834 • Tobolsk • Russia
Died February 2, 1907 (aged 72) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1905)
Notable Works “The Principles of Chemistry”
Subjects Of Study chemical element • periodic law • periodic table

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