Henri Becquerel | |
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Born | Antoine Henri Becquerel 15 December 1852 Paris, France |
Died | 25 August 1908 Le Croisic, Brittany, France | (aged 55)
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Known for | Discovery of radioactivity |
Children | Jean Becquerel |
Father | Edmond Becquerel |
Relatives | Antoine César Becquerel (grandfather) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, chemistry |
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Thesis | Recherches sur l'absorption de la lumière |
Doctoral advisor | Charles Friedel[2] |
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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.
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