Question

Famous scientists who have elements named afte rthem

Answer 1

There are 14 elements named after people, although only 13 of the names are formally accepted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Samarium (Sm, 62) - The first element named in honor of a person. Samarium is named for its ore, samarskite, which in turn is named for V.E. Samarsky-Bukjovets, the Russian engineer who allowed researchers access to him mineral samples.Bohrium (Bh, 107) – Niels BohrCurium (Cm, 96) – Pierre and Marie CurieEinsteinium (Es, 99) – Albert EinsteinFermium (Fm, 100) – Enrico FermiGallium (Ga, 31) – both named after Gallia (Latin for France) and its discoverer, Lecoq de Boisbaudran (le coq, the French word for 'rooster' translates to gallus in Latin)