Background
PERRIN, Francis Henri Jean Siegfried was born on August 17, 1901 in Paris. Son of Jean Perrin (Nobel prize winner for Physics 1926).
PERRIN, Francis Henri Jean Siegfried was born on August 17, 1901 in Paris. Son of Jean Perrin (Nobel prize winner for Physics 1926).
Lycee Henri IV, Paris, Ecole Normale Superieure, University of Paris.
Lecturer 1933, Professor since 1935. Visiting Professor Columbia University, New York 1941-1944. Representative to Consultative Assembly, Algiers, later Paris 1944-1945.
Titular Professor, of Atomic Physics, College, de France 1946-1972.
High Commissioner for Atomic Energy 195170. Commander des Palmes academiques, Economie Nationale.
Institute de France (Academy, des Sciences) since 1953, Academy d’Agriculture since 1958.
Married Colette Auger in 1926.