Vera Popova

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1867 –

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Who is Vera Popova?

Vera Yevstafievna Popova, née Vera Bogdanovskaya or Vera Bogdanovskaia 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.

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Born
Sep 17, 1867
Saint Petersburg

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on July 23, 2013

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