Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetVera Yevstafievna Popova
Russian chemist
Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1867
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
Date of Death: 25-Apr-1896
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Vera Yevstafievna Popova
- Vera Yevstafievna Popova, née Vera Bogdanovskaya (???? ??????????? ??????; 17 September 1867 – 8 May 1896) 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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