Jean Baptiste Perrin
Jean Baptiste Perrin | |
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Perrin in 1926 | |
| Born | 30 September 1870 |
| Died | 17 April 1942 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
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| Children | Francis Perrin |
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| Fields | Atomic physics |
| Institutions | University of Paris (1897–1940) |
| Thesis | Rayons cathodiques et rayons de Röntgen. Études expérimentales (Cathode rays and roentgen rays. Experimental studies) (1897) |
| Notable students | Pierre Victor Auger |
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Jean Baptiste Perrin (French: [ʒˈɑ̃ batˈist pɛʁˈɛ̃]; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French atomic physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement, he was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.