Henri Becquerel

Henri Becquerel
Henri Becquerel
	Photograph of Becquerel by Paul Nadar
Born	Antoine Henri Becquerel; 15 December 1852; Paris, French Empire
Died	25 August 1908 (aged 55); Le Croisic, French Republic
Education	Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma mater	École polytechnique; École des ponts et chaussées; University of Paris (DSc);
Known for	Discovering radioactivity (1896)
Children	Jean Becquerel
Father	Edmond Becquerel
Family	Becquerel
Awards	Rumford Medal (1900); Legion of Honour (Officer, 1900); Nobel Prize in Physics (1903); Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1905); ForMemRS (1908);
	Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (1892–1908); École polytechnique (1895–1908);
Thesis	Recherches sur l’absorption de la lumière dans les cristaux (1888)
Doctoral advisor	Charles Friedel
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Antoine Henri Becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/ bek-uh-REL;^[2] French: [ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French nuclear physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.^[3]

^ "A. Henri Becquerel - Physics Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
^ "BECQUEREL Definition & Meaning". dictionary.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
^ "The Discovery of Radioactivity". Berkeley Lab. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

[1] "A. Henri Becquerel - Physics Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 9 June 2025.

[2] "BECQUEREL Definition & Meaning". dictionary.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

[3] "The Discovery of Radioactivity". Berkeley Lab. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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