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Henri Becquerel

French physicist (1852–1908)

Antoine Henri Becquerel (;[2]French:[ɑ̃ʁibɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.[3] The SI unit of radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after him.

Biography

Family and education

Becquerel was born in Paris, France, into a wealthy family which produced four generations of notable physicists, including Becquerel's grandfather (Antoine César Becquerel), father (Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel), and son (Jean Becquerel).[4] Henri started off his education by attending the Lycée Louis-le-Grand school, a prep school in Paris.[4] He studied engineering at the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts et Chaussées.[5]

Career

In Becquerel's early career, he became the third in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1892. Later on in 1894, Becquerel became chief engineer

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Dates

December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908

Authorized Form of Name

Becquerel, Henri, 1852-1908

Additional Forms of Names

Becquerel, Antoine Henri, 1852-1908

Becquerel, Antoine-Henri, 1852-1908

Abstract

Henri Becquerel was a nuclear physicist at the École Polytechnique, specializing in radiation and radioactivity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity."

Important Dates

December 15, 1852Birth, Paris (France).

1874 – 1894Ingénieur (Engineer) (1877-1894) and Ingénieur-en-chef (Chief Engineer) (1894), École des ponts ParisTech (École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées), Paris (France).

1878Chair of Applied Physics, National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers), Paris (France).

1878 – 1908Assistant (1878); Professional of Applied Physics (1892), Museum of National History (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)), Paris (France).

1888Obtained docteur-ès-sciences degree in enginee

Henri Becquerel

Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a Frenchphysicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity in 1896.[1] This happened when a piece of pitchblende ruined some photographic film and he investigated. Other scientists had seen film similarly ruined but did not discover why.

The SI unit becquerel named after him. One becquerel (Bq) is equal to one radioactive decay process per second. He was the third person in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.

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Becquerel was a scientist born in Paris on December 15, 1852. He came from a family from well-known scientists. His father and grandfather were also scientists who studied things like light and metals. His father, Alexander Edmond Bequerel, for instance had done research on phosphorescence and solar radiation. In his education, Becquerel studied about science and engineering. In 1878, he became an assistant in

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