Jean Perrin

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
chemist
gptkbp:award gptkb:Barnard_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service_to_Science
gptkb:Matteucci_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Joule_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1870-09-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lille,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Panthéon,_Paris
gptkbp:child gptkb:Francis_Perrin
gptkbp:deathDate 1942-04-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy sedimentation equilibrium
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Gabriel_Lippmann
gptkbp:education gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:field chemistry
physics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Palais_de_la_Découverte
gptkbp:honor element 91 (protactinium) was once called 'brevium' in his honor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean Perrin
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Francis_Perrin
French scientific community
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Perrin_tube
work on Brownian motion
confirmation of the atomic nature of matter
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Medicine
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1926
for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Le_Magnétisme
gptkb:Les_Atomes
gptkb:Lumière_et_Électricité
gptkb:Matière_et_Lumière
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:signature Jean Perrin signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Henriette_Duportal
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Collège_de_France
gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkb:Sorbonne_University
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4