John Newlands By MsBradley Nov 26, 1837 John was born in London, England Jan 1, 1863 wrote a paper classifying the elements Jan 1, 1864 he predicted the existence of germanium Jan 1, 1864 published his version of the periodic table Jan 1, 1865 he created the law of octaves Jan 1, 1898 died july 29, 1898