Another person to propose a periodic table was Lothar Meyer, who published a paper in 1864 describing 28 elements classified by their valence, but with no predictions of new elements. Dmitri Mendelyev. In 1905 he was awarded the Copley Meal which is the highest award to the Royal Society for a science contribution. Sat. Kiparsky, Paul. Alexander Vucinich, "Mendeleev's Views on science and society,", Francis Michael Stackenwalt, "Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev and the Emergence of the Modern Russian Petroleum Industry, 18631877.". Mendeleev was certain that better, more fundamental principles could be found. //