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When was Mendeleev born?
What is February 8, 1834
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What were two challenges his family faced?
What is extreme poverty and his father being completely blind.
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Following his father' death where did Mendeleev go to school?
What is St. Petersburg (where he studied Chemistry).
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What is Mendeleev most known for in his scientific career?
What is the periodic table of Chemistry.
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What element was named after him?
What is element 101, Mendelevium (Md).
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Where was Mendeleev born?
What is Tobolsk, Siberia
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How did Mendeleev's family make ends meet?
What is Dmitri's mother managed a glass factory (which was destroyed in a fire)
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What did Mendeleev do after graduating from college and before going on to get his Master's Degree?
What is taught in Crimean Peninsula.
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How did Mendeleev come up with the idea to organize the elements in a table the way he did?
What is the Periodic Law and the game of Solitaire.
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Besides Chemistry, what other areas did Mendeleev devote his time?
What is improving technological advances of Russia.
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What were his parents' names?
What is Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev and Maria Dmitrievna.
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What big adversity did Mendeleev and his family face when he was in high school?
What is his father's death.
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What did Mendeleev do after receiving his Master's Degree?
What is taught at the St. Petersburg Technological Institute as a Chemistry Professor.
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How did Mendeleev organize the Periodic Table?
What is atomic mass and chemical properties.
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How was Mendeleev connected to the Russian Chemical Society?
What is one of the founders of the society.
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When did Mendeleev die?
What is February 2 1907
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How long after Mendeleev lost his father did his mother pass?
What is one year.
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When did Mendeleev retire from being a college professor?
What is 1890.
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Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his Periodic Table?
What is space for elements that had not been discovered yet.
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Why was Mendeleev labelled one of the first modern-day scientists?
What is relied on other scientists findings to achieve discoveries.