Dmitri MendeleevBy Alyssa Chavez and Cooper Chapman

Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev discovered the Periodic Table in 1869 in Russia

Scientific Facts• He used the periodic table to predict

the existence of 8 new elements• He also predicted the properties the elements

would have• Wrote the names and atomic weight on cards and

kept moving them around until he found a pattern• He was the first modern scientist to correspond

with other scientist globally instead of purely working based off of his work

• The periodic table became the framework for the chemical theory

Periodic Table

Other Facts•Born February 8, 1834 in Tobolsk, Russia•Died February 2, 1907 in St. Petersburg,

Russia•Element #101 is named Mendelevium in

his honor•Founding member of the Russian

Chemical Society