# Dmitri Mendeleev Back to [[Abiogenic Oil and the Fossil Fuel Debate]] · [[Research and Evidence]] **Role:** Chemist; proposed the 1877 carbide hypothesis - Proposed that water reacting with metal carbides at depth produces hydrocarbons; this is the historical root of abiogenic theory (Höök 2010; Glasby 2006). - Better known for the periodic table.