Key facts
- Born
- Vera Yevstafievna Bogdanovskaya , ( 1867-09-17 ) 17 September 1867 , Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
- Died
- 8 May 1896 (1896-05-08) (aged 28) (Gregorian calendar); 26 April (Julian Calendar). , Izhefskii Zavod , Russian Empire
- Cause of death
- Explosion
- Known for
- Early Russian chemist
- Spouse
- General Jacob Kozmich Popov
- Parent s
- Yevstafy Ivanovich Bogdanovsky and Maria Alexeyevna Bogdanovskaya
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Popov
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Izhevsk
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Employer
- Bestuzhev Courses
- Doctoral advisor
- Alexander Borodin
- Student of
- Carl Gräbe
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Vera Bogdanovskaia.png
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- date of birth
- 1867-09-17
- date of death
- 1896-04-25
- Commons category
- Vera Bogdanovskaya Popova
- manner of death
- accidental death
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Encyclopedic overview
Vera Yevstafievna Popova (Russian: Вера Евстафьевна Попова) (née Bogdanovskaya; 17 September 1867 – 8 May 1896) 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.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vera Popova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.