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Perey

American  
[per-ay] / pɛrˈeɪ /

noun

  1. Marguerite Catherine 1909–1975, French physicist.


Perey Scientific  
/ pĕ-rā /
  1. French physicist who discovered the element francium in 1939.


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The French chemist Marguerite Perey, a protégée of Marie Curie, discovered an element of her own, in 1939.

From The New Yorker Dec. 27, 2019

Perey, being French, decided to call it francium instead.

From The New Yorker Dec. 27, 2019

At 20, Perey began working as a laboratory assistant to Marie Curie at the French Radium Institute.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marguerite Perey, 65, pioneering research chemist; of cancer; in Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was identified in 1939 by French scientist Marguerite Perey.

From A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis by Glen W. Watson

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