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<p>The chemical science community will commemorate the 155<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Mendeleev’s groundbreaking discovery of the periodic table of elements in 2024. This paper aims to underscore the significance of Mendeleev’s honorary membership in the Academy of Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia, which occurred in 1882, making it the first scientific academy in Europe to extend this recognition. Additionally, we seek to explore the contextual circumstances that contributed to this noteworthy event within the broader European context. To provide insight into the specificities and variations in the influence and reception of the periodic table of elements within the educational process of select European countries (Russia, Germany, Czech Lands, Serbia), we conducted a comprehensive review, drawing comparisons to Croatia. Notably, upon its initial publication in 1869, the discovery of the periodic table did not gain immediate acceptance in Croatia, largely attributed to the absence of a well-established presence of chemical science within the country. About fifteen years passed from Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic law to its reception and dissemination throughout Croatia. Despite an initial delay, Croatian chemical science followed the development of the periodic table through secondary and university education, while actively partaking it in.</p>
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The chemical science community will commemorate the 155th anniversary of Mendeleev’s groundbreaking discovery of the periodic table of elements in 2024. This paper aims to underscore the significance of Mendeleev’s honorary membership in the Academy of Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia, which occurred in 1882, making it the first scientific academy in Europe to extend this recognition. Additionally, we seek to explore the contextual circumstances that contributed to this noteworthy event within the broader European context. To provide insight into the specificities and variations in the influence and reception of the periodic table of elements within the educational process of select European countries (Russia, Germany, Czech Lands, Serbia), we conducted a comprehensive review, drawing comparisons to Croatia. Notably, upon its initial publication in 1869, the discovery of the periodic table did not gain immediate acceptance in Croatia, largely attributed to the absence of a well-established presence of chemical science within the country. About fifteen years passed from Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic law to its reception and dissemination throughout Croatia. Despite an initial delay, Croatian chemical science followed the development of the periodic table through secondary and university education, while actively partaking it in.

Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic table and the first European Academy of Sciences to honour him

University of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry

Acta Pharmaceutica

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The chemical science community will commemorate the 155th anniversary of Mendeleev’s groundbreaking discovery of the periodic table of elements in 2024. This...

Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic table and the first European Academy of Sciences to honour him

Published Online: Dec 26, 2023

Page range: 735 - 753

Accepted: Jun 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2023-0039

Keywords
periodic table, Mendeleev, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatian chemistry textbooks

© 2023 Vanja Horvat Flegar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic table and the first European Academy of Sciences to honour him

Published Online: Dec 26, 2023

Page range: 735 - 753

Accepted: Jun 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2023-0039

Keywordsperiodic table, Mendeleev, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatian chemistry textbooks

© 2023 Vanja Horvat Flegar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
periodic table, Mendeleev, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatian chemistry textbooks