atomic number101electron configuration of gaseous atomic state[Rn]5f 137s2

Who is element 101 named after?

It was the first identification of a new element one atom at a time, yet also the last to use chemical processes2. The new element was named after Dmitri Mendeleev, specifically because he had predicted the chemical properties of yet-unknown elements using their position in his classification system.

Why is 101 called mendelevium?

Being the first of the second hundred of the chemical elements, it was decided that the element would be named “mendelevium” after the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the periodic table.