Henri Becquerel

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French physicist Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist

Henri Becquerel was a French physicist who discovered natural radioactivity, a breakthrough for which he shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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instanceOf French physicist ⓘ
Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
almaMater École Polytechnique NERFINISHED ⓘ
École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ
awardReceived Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Rumford Medal ⓘ
becquerel.quantityMeasured radioactivity ⓘ
becquerel.symbol Bq ⓘ
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Cimetière du Montparnasse
causeOfDeath cardiac disease ⓘ
child Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel ⓘ
surface form: Jean Becquerel
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1852-12-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1908-08-25 ⓘ
discovered natural radioactivity ⓘ
radioactivity of uranium salts ⓘ
employer Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ⓘ
École Polytechnique NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th-century physics ⓘ
early 20th-century physics ⓘ
familyName Henri Becquerel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Becquerel
father Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel ⓘ
fieldOfWork physics ⓘ
radioactivity ⓘ
fullName Henri Becquerel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Antoine Henri Becquerel
givenName Antoine ⓘ
Henri ⓘ
grandfather Antoine César Becquerel ⓘ
knownFor Becquerel rays ⓘ
discovery of natural radioactivity ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences

Royal Society ⓘ
militaryRank engineer officer ⓘ
NobelPrize.category Physics ⓘ
NobelPrize.year 1903 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Le Croisic, France ⓘ
positionHeld professor of physics ⓘ
researchInterest magnetism ⓘ
optics ⓘ
phosphorescence ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Marie Curie ⓘ
Pierre Curie ⓘ
spouse Lucie Zoé Marie Jamin ⓘ
unitNamedAfter becquerel ⓘ

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