| name | Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev |
| date of birth | 8 February 1834 |
| place of birth | near Tobolsk |
| early years | Father was a teacher, became blind. Mother re-established a glass factory. Entered Gymnasium in Tobolsk at 13. Family moved to Saint Petersburg in 1849. |
| later years | Joined Main Pedagogical Institute in 1850. Developed tuberculosis, relocated to Crimea. Became science master in Simferopol. Worked in Heidelberg. Married Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva in 1862. Became professor. Completed dissertation «On the Combinations of Water with Alcohol». Fell in love with Anna Ivanova Popova in 1876, married her in 1881, divorced first wife the same year. |
| famous for | Periodic table of elements. |
| date of death | 1907 |