Famous People with Name Newlands

John Alexander Reina Newlands            Origin/Culture/Country: English

John Alexander Reina Newlands: was an English analytical chemist who prepared in 1863 the first periodic table of the elements arranged in order of relative atomic masses, and pointed out in 1865 the 'law of octaves' whereby every eighth element has similar properties. He was ridiculed at the time, but five years later Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published — independent of Newlands' work — a more developed form of the table, also based on atomic masses, which forms the basis of the one used today (arranged by atomic number).

Douglas Haigh "Doug" Newlands            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Douglas Haigh "Doug" Newlands: was an English professional association footballer who played as a winger.

Francis Griffith Newlands            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Griffith Newlands: was a United States Representative and Senator from Nevada. Newlands moved to San Francisco, California in 1870 and came to work for William Sharon, one of the discoverers of the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. Newlands later married Sharon's daug

Sir John Newlands            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir John Newlands: was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Nairnshire, he was educated in Scotland before migrating to Australia in 1883, where he became a railway worker. He was secretary of the Railway Officers' Association and sat on Terowie District Council b