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Francis Perrin
Francis Perrin (17 August 1901 – 4 July 1992) was a French physicist,
the son of Nobel prize-winning physicist Jean Perrin.
Physicist.
Francis Perrin was born in Paris and attended École Normale Supérieure in Paris. In 1928 he obtained a doctorate in mathematical sciences from the faculté des sciences of Paris, based upon a thesis on Brownian motion and became a faculty member of Collège de France. In 1933, in connection with the neutrino, Francis Perrin estimated that "the mass must
James Perrin Smith
James Perrin Smith (November 27, 1864 – January 1, 1931) was an American geologist and paleontologist.
Smith was of English descent. T. M. Forster, one of his ancestors, was a surgeon in the Royal Navy and moved to Virginia in 1745. His paternal grandfather moved the family from Virginia to South Carolina, and Smith was born on November 27, 1864, near Cokesburg, to James Francis Smith, a planter and traveling preacher. James P. Smith was educated by his parents and