Marguerite Perey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marguerite Perey

French physicist

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1909

Place of Birth: Villemomble, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 13-May-1975

Profession: physicist, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Marguerite Catherine Perey (19 October 1909 – 13 May 1975) was a French physicist and a student of Marie Curie.
In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium.
In 1962, she was the first woman to be elected to the French Académie des Sciences, an honor denied to her mentor Curie.
Perey died of cancer in 1975.