Henri Becquerel

Henri Becquerel
Photograph of Becquerel by Paul Nadar
Born
Antoine Henri Becquerel

(1852-12-15)15 December 1852
Paris, French Empire
Died25 August 1908(1908-08-25) (aged 55)
Le Croisic, French Republic
EducationLycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma mater
Known forDiscovery of radioactivity
ChildrenJean Becquerel
FatherEdmond Becquerel
FamilyBecquerel
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsRadiophysics
Institutions
ThesisRecherches sur l’absorption de la lumière dans les cristaux (1888)
Doctoral advisorCharles Friedel
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Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French experimental physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.


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