Dmitri Mendeleev
E134352
Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist best known for creating the periodic table of elements, fundamentally shaping modern chemistry.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dmitri Mendeleev canonical | 19 |
| Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev | 4 |
| Dmitry Mendeleev | 2 |
| Mendeleev | 1 |
| Mendeleev eka-notation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1165894 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dmitri Mendeleev Context triple: [Heidelberg University, hasNotableAlumnus, Dmitri Mendeleev]
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A.
Heinrich von Liebieg
Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
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B.
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen was a German chemist best known for co-developing the Bunsen burner and pioneering the field of spectrum analysis.
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C.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov was an 18th-century Russian polymath—scientist, writer, and founder of Moscow State University—who made pioneering contributions to physics, chemistry, and linguistics.
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D.
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier was an 18th-century French chemist widely regarded as the "father of modern chemistry" for his pioneering work on the law of conservation of mass and the nature of chemical reactions.
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E.
Claude-Louis Berthollet
Claude-Louis Berthollet was a prominent French chemist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his contributions to chemical theory, bleaching agents, and his role in the development of modern chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dmitri Mendeleev Target entity description: Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist best known for creating the periodic table of elements, fundamentally shaping modern chemistry.
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A.
Heinrich von Liebieg
Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
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B.
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen was a German chemist best known for co-developing the Bunsen burner and pioneering the field of spectrum analysis.
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C.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov was an 18th-century Russian polymath—scientist, writer, and founder of Moscow State University—who made pioneering contributions to physics, chemistry, and linguistics.
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D.
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier was an 18th-century French chemist widely regarded as the "father of modern chemistry" for his pioneering work on the law of conservation of mass and the nature of chemical reactions.
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E.
Claude-Louis Berthollet
Claude-Louis Berthollet was a prominent French chemist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his contributions to chemical theory, bleaching agents, and his role in the development of modern chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
chemist ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
ⓘ
Davy Medal ⓘ |
| buriedAt |
Volkovo Cemetery
ⓘ
linked to:
Lazarevskoe Cemetery
|
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child | Lyubov Mendeleeva ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1834-02-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1907-02-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Main Pedagogical Institute
ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow State Pedagogical Institute
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| employer |
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
Saint Petersburg State University ⓘ
linked to:
Leningrad State University
|
| ethnicGroup | Russians ⓘ |
| familyName |
Mendeleev
ⓘ
linked to:
Dmitri Mendeleev
|
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
ⓘ
economics ⓘ education ⓘ metrology ⓘ physical chemistry ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
Dmitri
ⓘ
linked to:
Dimitri
|
| hasHonorificEponym |
Mendeleev Ridge in the Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Alpha–Mendeleev Ridge complex
crater Mendeleev on the Moon ⓘ element mendelevium ⓘ
linked to:
mendelevium
|
| hasParticularNotableStudent | Nikolay Menshutkin ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Dmitri Mendeleev ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the periodic law
ⓘ
modern chemistry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gustav Kirchhoff
ⓘ
Robert Bunsen ⓘ |
| knownFor |
periodic law
ⓘ
periodic table of elements ⓘ prediction of properties of undiscovered elements ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Society of London
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Society
Russian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
periodic classification of the chemical elements
ⓘ
use of atomic weight to order elements ⓘ |
| notableWork | Principles of Chemistry ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ Tobolsk ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| positionHeld |
member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
professor of chemistry ⓘ |
| religion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| residence |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anna Ivanovna Popova
ⓘ
Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dmitri Mendeleev Description of subject: Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist best known for creating the periodic table of elements, fundamentally shaping modern chemistry.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
subject linked to:
crater Mendeleev on the Moon
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev
linked to: Dmitri Mendeleev