Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (also romanized

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 Mendeleyev or Mendeleef; ) , was a Russian chemist

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 and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table

Periodic table

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 of elements

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. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.
Mendeleev was born in the village of Verkhnie Aremzyani, near Tobolsk

Tobolsk

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 in Siberia, to Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev and Maria Dmitrievna Mendeleev (née Kornilieva).