Back ڤاسيلى سامارسكي بيخوڤيتس ARZ Wassili Jewgrafowitsch Samarski-Bychowez German Vasili Samarski-Byjovets Spanish Vassili Samarski-Bykhovets French Vasilij Evgrafovič Samarskij-Bychovec Italian ワシーリー・サマルスキー＝ビホヴェッツ Japanese Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets Malagasy واسیلی سمارسکی بیوکوویتس PNB Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets Portuguese Самарский-Быховец, Василий Евграфович Russian
Vasili Yevgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets | |
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| Born | 7 November 1803 |
| Died | 31 May 1870 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Russian |
Vasili Yevgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets (Russian: Василий Евграфович Самарский-Быховец; 7 November 1803 – 31 May 1870) was a Russian mining engineer and the chief of Russian Mining Engineering Corps between 1845 and 1861. The mineral samarskite (samarskite-Y, samarskite-Yb and calciosamarskite),[1] and chemical element samarium are named after him. He was the first person whose name was given to a chemical element.[2][3]
- ^ Samarskite Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
- ^ Chemistry in Its Element – Samarium, Royal Society of Chemistry
- ^ Samarium: History & Etymology
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