Jean Perrin

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French physicist human physicist

Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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instanceOf French physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Joule Prize ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
CNRSFoundingRole initiator of the creation of CNRS ⓘ
countryOfBirth France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1870-09-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1942-04-17 ⓘ
educatedAt La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris

École Normale (Paris) ⓘ
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Sorbonne

Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris
familyName Perrin ⓘ
fieldOfWork physical chemistry ⓘ
physics ⓘ
statistical mechanics ⓘ
founded Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ⓘ
givenName Jean ⓘ
hasOccupation university teacher ⓘ
influenced development of atomic theory ⓘ
influencedBy Albert Einstein ⓘ
knownFor confirmation of the atomic nature of matter ⓘ
determination of Avogadro constant ⓘ
experimental studies of Brownian motion ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned French ⓘ
memberOf Académie de Médecine ⓘ
Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences

Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1926 ⓘ
notableWork Les Atomes ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lille ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
positionHeld professor of physical chemistry ⓘ
publicationYearOf Les Atomes, 1913 ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied Brownian motion ⓘ
cathode rays ⓘ
supported Popular Front (France) ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste Perrin