Perey
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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
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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