Until his death in 1907, this chemist headed the Weights & Measures Bureau in St. Petersburg, Russia
He sent 
a letter to his former mentors in St.-Petersburg asking to assist with habilitation, 
and if... [DOC] [TLE] Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev facts, information, pictures ... [PAR] St. Petersburg, Russia, 2 February 1907), .... as in his efforts to reform the tariff 
and in his actions as director of the Chief Bureau of Weights and Measures.