1. Dmitri Mendeleev By Alyssa Chavez and Cooper Chapman

2. Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Mendeleev discovered the Periodic Table in 1869 in Russia

3. 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

4. Periodic Table

5. 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