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

From The New Yorker • Dec. 27, 2019

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Perey et Maugras, Derni�res ann�es de Mme. d'Epinay.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson

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