Alexander Zaytsev
Russian chemist
Aleksander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, also Zaitsev, Saytzeff, or Saytzev was a Russian chemist. He worked on organic compounds and proposed Zaytsev's rule, which predicts the product composition of an elimination reaction. Wikipedia
Born: Kazan, Russia
Died: September 1, 1910, Kazan, Russia
Education: Kazan Federal University
Notable students: Aleksandr Arbuzov, Sergey Reformatsky, Yegor Wagner, and more
Academic advisors: Alexander Butlerov and Hermann Kolbe