Jean Perrin

Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin
	Perrin in 1926
Born	Jean Baptiste Perrin; 30 September 1870; Lille, France
Died	17 April 1942 (aged 71); New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Panthéon, Paris
Education	École normale supérieure ; (grad. 1894); University of Paris (grad. 1897);
Known for	Sedimentation equilibrium
Spouse	Henriette Perrin-Duportal (m. 1897; died 1938)
Partner	Nine Choucroun (from 1938)
Children	Aline and Francis Perrin
Awards	Matteucci Medal (1911); Nobel Prize in Physics (1926);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Workplaces	École normale supérieure; University of Paris;
Thesis	Rayons cathodiques et rayons de Röntgen : Étude expérimentale (1897)
Doctoral advisors	Marcel Brillouin; Jules Violle;
Notable students	Pierre Victor Auger; Yvette Cauchois; Louis de Broglie;
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Jean Baptiste Perrin (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɛʁɛ̃]; 30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French 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 work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926.