Marguerite Perey
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| Marguerite Perey | |
| Born | 19 October 1909 Villemomble, France (near Paris) |
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| Died | 13 May 1975 (aged 65) |
| Fields | Physics |
| Known for | Francium discovery |
Marguerite Catherine Perey (19 October 1909 – 13 May 1975) was a French physicist. In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium. She was a student of Marie Curie. In 1962, she was the first woman to be elected to the French Académie des Sciences.
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[edit] Publications
- "Sur un element 87, dérivé de l'actinium," Comptes-rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 208: 97 (1939).
- "Francium: élément 87," Bulletin de la Société chimique de France 18: 779 (1951).
- "On the Descendants of Actinium K: 87Ac223," Journal de Physique et le Radium17: 545 (1956).
[edit] Positions
- 1929-34 Personal assistant (preparateur) to Marie Curie, Institut du Radium.
- 1934-46 Radiochemist, Institut du Radium.
- 1946-49 Maitre de Recherches, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut du Radium.
- 1949- Professeur titulaire de la Chaire de Chimie Nucleaire, Universite de Strasbourg.
[edit] Education
- Diplôme d'État de chimiste, École d'enseignement technique féminine, 1929.
- Doctorat des Sciences, Sorbonne 1946.
[edit] Honors
- Officier of the Légion d'Honneur 1960
- Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris 1960
- Elected correspondante of the Académie des Sciences (Paris) 1962. First woman to be elected to the Académie since its founding in 1666.
- Lavoisier Prize of the Académie des Sciences 1964
- Silver Medal of the Société Chimique de France 1964
- Commandeur of the Ordre National du Mérite 1974
