MENDELEEV (MENDELÉJEF), DMITRI IVANOVICH. — Chemist, born in Tobolsk (Russia) on 7 Feb. 1834, died in St. Petersburg on 2 Feb. 1907.
From 1856 he taught chemistry at the University of St. Petersburg. He carried out research especially in inorganic chemistry. He wrote the Principles of Chemistry (1868–69), a work that exerted notable influence on the development of inorganic chemistry. He is best known especially for the famous classification of the chemical elements that bears his name (v. CHEMISTRY, III, Periodic Classification of the Elements).
On account of his liberal ideas he did not enjoy the sympathies of the Tsar.
Bibl.: P. Walden, in J. Bugge, Buch der grossen Chemiker, II, Berlin 1931, p. 241; A. Quartaroli, S. V. ENOCH. Ital., XXII, p. 843; M. Giua, Storia della chimica, Turin 1946, p. 198.