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Vera Yevstafievna Popova

Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Russian chemist (died 1896)

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Born
September 17, 1867
Died
May 7, 1896
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1867

About Vera Yevstafievna Popova

Vera Yevstafievna Popova was a Russian chemist. She was one of the first female chemists in Russia, and the first Russian female author of a chemistry textbook. She "probably became the first woman to die in the cause of chemistry" as a result of an explosion in her laboratory. This was an institution founded in 1878 to encourage Russian women to stay in Russia to study.

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The world when Vera Yevstafievna Popova was born

Vera Yevstafievna Popova was born in 1867. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineUS purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
  • Technology milestoneDynamite patented by Alfred Nobel
  • Notable inventionDynamite
  • World population~1.47B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.5M

1867 versus 2026

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Measure18672026
Population34.5M341 million

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