Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
Vasili Evgrafovich Samarsky–Bykhovets (Russian: Василий Евграфович Самарский–Быховец) (November 7, 1803 – May 31, 1870) was a Russian mining engineer and the chief of Russian Mining Engineering Corps between 1845 and 1861. The mineral samarskite and chemical element samarium are named after him. He was the first person whose name was given to a chemical element.
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