AKA Antoine Henri Becquerel

Born: 15-Dec-1852
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 25-Aug-1908
Location of death: Le Croisic, Brittany, France
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Discoverer of radioactivity

Father: Alexandre Edmond Becquerel (scientist, d. 1891)
Wife: Lucie Zoé Marie Jamin (m. 1874, d. Mar-1878)
Son: Jean
Wife: Louise Désirée Lorieux (m. 1890)

    High School: Lycée Louis-le-Grand (1872)
    University: École Polytechnique (1874)
    University: École des Ponts et Chaussées
    Professor: Professor of Physics, École Polytechnique (1874)
    Professor: Chief Engineer, École des Ponts et Chaussées (1894)

    Rumford Medal 1900
    Helmholtz Medal 1901
    Barnard Medal 1905
    Nobel Prize for Physics 1903 (with Pierre Curie and Marie Curie)
    Units of Measure radioactivity
    Martian Crater Becquerel

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