Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleeff ( 1834 - 1907 )

Birth: Tobolsk (Tyumen Oblast), Siberia (08 February 1834) Death: St Petersburg, Russia (02 February 1907) Research Field: Chemistry Education: St Petersburg (graduated 1856) Career: Settled in Heidelberg and set up his own laboratory (1860); returned to St Petersburg (1861); Professor of Chemistry, Technical Institute, St Petersburg (1863); Professor of Chemistry, University of St Petersburg (1866-1890); Director, Bureau of Weights and Measures, St Petersburg (1893); apparently saw the periodic table in a dream; predicted the existence of gallium, scndium and germanium Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 19/05/1892 Medals/Prizes: Davy Medal 1882; Copley Medal 1905.