Passage: Born in Lille, France, Perrin attended the École Normale Supérieure, the elite grande école in Paris. He became an assistant at the school during the period of 1894–97 when he began the study of cathode rays and X-rays.  He was awarded the degree of docteur ès sciences (PhD) in 1897.   In the same year he was appointed as a lecturer in physical chemistry at the Sorbonne, Paris.  He became a professor at the University in 1910, holding this post until the German occupation of France during World War II.

Question: where was perrin born
Lille, France