Henri Becquerel
December 15, 1852 –August 25, 1908
Physicist, Engineer, University teacher, Nuclear physicist, Chemist
Lived 55 years
- Born in
- Paris
- Passed away in
- manoir de Pen Castel
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.
Notable works: natural radioactivity Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Helmholtz Medal, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Rumford Medal, La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences, Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science, Foreign Member of the Royal Society Education: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École polytechnique, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
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