Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin | |
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Perrin in 1926 | |
| Born | Jean Baptiste Perrin 30 September 1870 |
| Died | 17 April 1942 (aged 71) New York City, US |
| Resting place | Panthéon, Paris, France |
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| Known for | Work on sedimentation equilibrium |
| Spouse |
Henriette Duportal
(m. 1897; died 1938) |
| Partner | Nine Choucroun (1938–42) |
| Children | Aline and Francis Perrin |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Atomic physics |
| Institutions | University of Paris (1897–1940) |
| Thesis | Rayons cathodiques et rayons de Röntgen. Études expérimentales (1897) |
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Jean Baptiste Perrin (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɛʁɛ̃]; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French atomic physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.