doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place field birth_date known_for prizes image article_title name
marie curie 13 may 1975 louveciennes , france villemomble near paris , france physics 19 october 1909 francium discovery leconte prize -lrb- 1960 -rrb- marguerite perey.jpg marguerite perey
 marguerite perey
marguerite perey

marguerite catherine perey -lrb- 19 october 1909 -- 13 may 1975 -rrb- was a french physicist .
in 1939 , perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium .
she was a student of marie curie .
in 1962 , she was the first woman to be elected to the french académie des sciences , an honor denied to her mentor curie .
perey died of cancer in 1975 .
