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Henri Becquerel

Henri Becquerel
Portrait by Paul Nadar, c. 1905
Born
Antoine Henri Becquerel

(1852-12-15)15 December 1852
Paris, France
Died25 August 1908(1908-08-25) (aged 55)
Le Croisic, Brittany, France
Alma mater
Known forDiscovery of radioactivity
ChildrenJean Becquerel
Parent
RelativesAntoine César Becquerel (grandfather)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, chemistry
Institutions
ThesisRecherches sur l'absorption de la lumière
Doctoral advisorCharles Friedel[2]
Signature

Antoine Henri Becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/;[3] French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover radioactivity. For work in this field he, along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie,[4] received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. The SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after him.

  1. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Becquerel, Henri, 1852–1908". history.aip.org. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Becquerel". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  4. ^ "The Discovery of Radioactivity". Berkeley Lab. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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