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  • Mendeleev's insight was so valuable that when radioactive elements began being synthesized in laboratories during this century, he got one named after him: Mendelevium — note the dropping of the final e! — the 101st element (symbol Md), first synthesized in 1955.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4 1998

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