Lothar Meyer

Lothar Meyer
Meyer in 1883
Born	Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-08-19)19 August 1830 Varel, Duchy of Oldenburg
Died	11 April 1895(1895-04-11) (aged 64) Tübingen, Kingdom of Württemberg
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Würzburg, University of Breslau
Known for	Periodic table of chemical elements
Awards	Davy Medal (1882)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Tübingen

Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements. The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (his chief rival) and he had both worked with Robert Bunsen. Meyer never used his first given name and was known throughout his life simply as Lothar Meyer.