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, 7 Jan 1939, French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers element 87, which she later names francium. It was the last element to be discovered naturally.

Perey was a student of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.

photo of Marguerite Perey in her lab coat: she is a white woman with dark hair.
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I am still nursing my obsession with Paul Kammerer and the Vienna Vivarium! Although I will not make my goal of having the Wiki article about the Vivarium in English published this year, at least I found some more sources!

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/41335157/Text_Taschwer_Prehistory_BVA_Kopie-libre.pdf?1453243413=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DFrom_the_Aquarium_to_the_Zoo_to_the_Lab.pdf&Expires=1767128816&Signature=GFav3jKPUNo3AOcjoTB0IaAFDPfhJZnFlujKB4qf1h8GMGNgJm9KQn-B3TP4aaxU8913hJLQPDoFBw7RqGvge4ULpj2wuv9TSPaHMwxV5d8a9adViip8oiRihILP6gj7zVrrPsCNfqrHEQ4EtYb1m9qkD6fQf5APx6H-te5AiAZxUAFPLdYZJC817RJE5hUaiLNu8jwbnp6Txkt88XoFl0pyRueG4MHRUfjJhg4K7B2dhWmZdFz2UNtKeeAMN7ShKSj2QONbKA9dt2gaFy5faomfhYunQv5UzPjRytfJIPzHcRirjKlVSj8iy6qw9adplB6FRMZQ8w6oS-Xw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

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