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Henri Becquerel

Henri Becquerel
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Born
Antoine Henri Becquerel

(1852-12-15)15 December 1852
Paris, Second French Empire
Died25 August 1908(1908-08-25) (aged 55)
Le Croisic, French Third Republic
Alma mater
Known forDiscovering radioactivity (1896)
ChildrenJean
FatherEdmond Becquerel
RelativesAntoine César Becquerel (grandfather)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisRecherches sur l'absorption de la lumière (Research on light absorption) (1888)
Doctoral advisorCharles Friedel[1]
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Antoine Henri Becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/;[2] French: [ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.[3]

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