Question

the first attempt to classify element was made

Answer 1

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner began to first attempts to classify the elements.

Answer 2

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

In 1817, German physicist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner began to formulate one of the earliest attempts to classify the elements. In 1829, he found that he could form some of the elements into groups of three, with the members of each group having related properties