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Dmitri Mendeleyév


If I have to choose an expert in the field of chemistry, that would be Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeléyev, most only know him as the one who discovered the pattern we call today the periodic table of the elements, but he made several contributions in various fields.
He was born on February 8, 1834 in Tobolsk, Siberia (present Russia) and was the youngest of 17 brothers. Within chemistry, he stands out from the age of 23, when he was in charge of a course at the University of St. Petersburg in 1869 he created the first version of the periodic table and managed to predict properties of undiscovered elements based on his theoretical position within it.
He also conducted studies on smokeless gunpowder and oil, along with showing interest in naval and aerostatic development. Despite his contributions he is not recognized with a Nobel prize because of the conflicts he had with Svante August Arrhenius.
personally Dmitri has always called my attention, being that despite having a fairly hard life and was little recognized until he died, he managed to investigate in science, agriculture, livestock, industry, oil, being a genius that often happens overlooked on all sides of the world.

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