Talk:Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets

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Did you know... that samarium (pictured) was the first chemical element named after a person, Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets?

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OED has him as "Col. M. von Samarski" under samarskite —DIV (138.194.12.32 (talk) 07:34, 24 September 2009 (UTC))[reply]