Marguerite Perey

Marguerite Catherine Perey was a French physicist and a student of Marie Curie. In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium. She graduated from the Sorbonne in 1946 with a Doctorate of Physics; her thesis was about her recently discovered element 87.

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Who was born first?

• Marguerite Perey and Robert Serber were born the same year
• Marguerite Perey and Rita Levi-Montalcini were born the same year
• Marguerite Perey and Stanisław Ulam were born the same year
• Marguerite Perey and Edward Lawrie Tatum were born the same year
• Marguerite Perey and Elżbieta Zawacka were born the same year

Timeline

1. Edward Lawrie TatumDecember 14, 1909 – November 5, 1975
2. Elżbieta ZawackaMarch 19, 1909 – January 10, 2009
3. Marguerite Perey (this page)October 19, 1909 – May 13, 1975
4. Rita Levi-MontalciniApril 22, 1909 – December 30, 2012
5. Robert SerberMarch 14, 1909 – June 1, 1997
6. Stanisław UlamApril 13, 1909 – May 13, 1984

Related

• Albert EinsteinMarch 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934