Biography and publications | Francis Perrin - Atomic and molecular physics

Biography

Born on August 17, 1901, in Paris. Died on July 4, 1992.
Francis Perrin was the son of Jean Perrin, winner of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.

High school studies in Paris (École Alsacienne, then Lycée Henri IV)
1918–1922: Student at the École Normale Supérieure
1920: Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics
1922: Received the Agrégation in Physical Sciences
1924–1932: Assistant at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris
1928: Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences
1929: Doctor of Physical Sciences
1933: Lecturer at the Sorbonne (physical theories)
1935: Appointed professor without a chair
1933: Member of the 7^th Solvay International Council on Physics
September 1939 to July 1940: Called to active duty (air defense lieutenant)
1941–1943: Visiting Professor at Columbia University (New York)
1944–1945: Delegate of the Free French Forces in the United States to the Provisional Consultative Assembly (Algiers, then Paris)
1946–1972: Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Atomic and Molecular Physics
1945–1950: Member of the Committee of the French Atomic Energy Commission
1951–1970: High Commissioner for Atomic Energy
1951–1974: Member of the 8^th Solvay International Council of Physics, then, from 1951 through 1974, of its standing committee
1958: President of the 2^nd United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva
1960–1974: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of CERN

1933: Secretary of the French Physical Society
1953–1992: Member of the Institut (French Academy of Sciences)
1954: Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Brazil, the Academy of Sciences of Madrid, and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
1958–1992: Member of the Academy of Agriculture
1972: Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts