Henri Becquerel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1852

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 25-Aug-1908

Profession: engineer, physicist, chemist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Antoine Henri Becquerel (; French: [?~?i b?k??l]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity.
For work in this field he, along with Marie Sklodowska-Curie (Marie Curie) and Pierre Curie, received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.
The SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after him.



Alternative names	Paul Tournachon Nadar
Description	French photographer son of Félix Tournachon (Nadar)
Date of birth/death	8 February 1856	1 September 1939
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris (1873–1939)
Authority control	: Q4141511 VIAF: 83007 ISNI: 0000 0001 0861 2552 ULAN: 500027123 LCCN: n78008681 Open Library: OL793778A WorldCat