Dmitri Mendeleyev

Dmitri Mendeleyev Dmitri MendeleyevDmitri Mendeleyev, the youngest of fourteen children was born on February 7Th 1834, in Tobolisk Sibena. His parents were Ivan Mendeleyev, the director of a gymnasium and Marya his mother whos family introduced glass and paper making to Sibernia. When Dmitri was young his father died; so his mother had to work to make the money for the family. She managed the glass factory in Aremziansk, making it hard for her to be at home with her children.Educated at the gymnasium in Tobisk, Dmitri showed strong interest in math and physics. He also was very educated with current science topics and glass blowing from being around the family factory. By age 14 Mendeleyev showed strong scientific promise. Seeing this Mayra wanted him to have a good education.The Mendeleyev family left for Moscow, hoping Dmitri could receive a good education at a University. Nothing good came out of Moscow so they continued on to St. Petersburg in 1855.Dmitri Demiashkin 02