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1834 – 1907Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907)Died 2 February 1907, aged 72Russian chemist who created the periodic table of elements, arranging them by atomic weight and predicting the properties of then-undiscovered elements. His system became the foundation of modern chemistry. He died in Saint Petersburg.