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Dmitri Mendeleev
Periodic Table of Elements
Born 1834 🇷🇺 Russia 1869
🧪 Known For
1
Created the Periodic Table organising 63 known elements (1869)
2
Left deliberate gaps predicting elements not yet discovered (gallium, germanium)
3
Predicted properties of missing elements with remarkable accuracy
Predicted undiscovered elements
Quick Facts
Field
🧪 Chemistry
Country
🇷🇺 Russia
Born
1834
Key Year
1869
Invention
Periodic Table of Elements