Person
Antoine Henri Becquerel
1852 – 1908 · aged 56
French physicist (1852–1908)
- Born
- 15 Dec 1852 · Paris
- Died
- 25 Aug 1908 · manoir de Pen Castel
Part ofFrance359 BCE – today
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- 15 Dec 1852BornBorn in Paris
- 1883AwardLa Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences
- 1897RolePresident
- 1900AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
- 1900AwardRumford Medal
- 1903AwardNobel Prize in Physics
- 1905AwardBarnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
- 1906AwardHelmholtz Medal
- 1908RolePresident of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1908AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1908RolePerpetual Secretary
- 25 Aug 1908DiedDied in manoir de Pen Castel
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1852 – 1908).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French experimental physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.
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