Dmitry Mendeleyev: biography of the Russian genius

Mendeleev Dmitry Ivanovich, whose brief biography is familiar to any of our compatriots, at least in general terms, is one of the most prominent scientific figures. It is about the main events in the life of this man that will be discussed in the article.

Youth

In February 1834 Dmitry Mendeleyev was born to the family of the director of one of the gymnasiums in the city of Tobolsk. The biography of the future scientist narrates that, in addition to him, the parents of the future creator of the periodic system still had seventeen offspring. According to the sad habit of those times, eight of them died at the earliest age. Dima's own training begins in the city gymnasium. And after it ends, he enters the State University of St. Petersburg. Here he studies at the physics and mathematics faculty and at twenty-one he leaves the university walls with a gold medal.

Dmitry Mendeleev: biography. Carier start

At the end of the university, the young man does not immediately begin to engage in scientific activities. For some time the young Mendeleev is trying to prove himself in the literary field. Actually, this step was promoted by time itself. His youth fell on the golden age of Russian poetry. However, soon because of problems with his health, Mendeleev was forced to move to Odessa. In that City young chemist for a while worked as a teacher at the gymnasium, which was contained at the local University of Richelieu. But after one year Mendeleev returned to Petersburg, where he managed to defend his master's thesis, which gave him the right to lecture on organic chemistry at his home university. In 1859, a promising scientist went to Germany for two years to undergo an internship in the city of Heidelberg. Returning after this voyage to Russia, Dmitry Ivanovich soon becomes the author of the first in the national historiography textbook on organic chemistry.

Dmitry Mendeleev: biography. Recognition and flourishing activities

Still very young at that time a scientist in 1865 received a doctorate in chemistry. Already in this work he laid the foundations of an approach to the study of the chemistry of organic solutions, which became the basis for specialization. After the defense, Dmitry Ivanovich for a long time held the position of professor in his native Alma mater, lecturing here and in a number of other universities in the capital. In 1869 Mendeleev publishes his very discovery, thanks to which today he is known throughout the world: the first time was formulated and ordered a periodic table of chemical elements. Two years later, the classic monograph "Fundamentals of Chemistry", later published by Mendeleev, was published. Biography of the scientist finds a sharp turn, when in 1890 he left Petersburg University. At this step he went to protest against the oppression of the students.

Last years

DI. Mendeleev, whose biography shows an example of irrepressible energy, even continues to benefit the Fatherland even at the end of his life. The already recognized scientist worked for a certain time at the Marine Ministry as a consultant. Later, he even organized the first chamber of measures and weights in the national history , becoming also its first director. Here he worked until his own death. Dmitry Ivanovich died in early February 1907.