Becquerel, Antoine

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Antoine Becquerel

Name	Becquerel, Antoine Gender: M
Birthname	Becquerel, Antoine Henri
born on	15 December 1852 at 15:00 (= 3:00 PM )
Place	Paris, France, 48n52, 2e20
Timezone	LMT m2e20 (is local mean time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data	23°52' 22°04 Asc. 08°17'

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Biography

French physicist, the son of Alexander Edmond Becquerel and the grandson of Antoine Cesar Becquerel, also physicists. He taught physics at the Museum of Natural History in Paris in 1892, and as a professor, occupied the same chair as his dad and granddad. His early studies were concerned with the magnetic and polarization properties of light. In 1896, he discovered that uranium salts emit radiation capable of penetrating black paper and other substances. Originally called Becquerel rays, the phenomena he discovered later became known as radioactivity. He shared the Nobel Prize in physics with Pierre and Marie Curie in 1903.

Died on 8/25/1908, Paris.

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Relationships

• child relationship with Becquerel, Jean Antoine (born 5 February 1878)

• parent relationship with Becquerel, Alexandre (born 24 March 1820)

Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 25 August 1908 (Age 55)
• Work : Great Achievement 1896 (Discovered radioactivity)

• Work : Prize 1903 (Nobel Prize)

Source Notes

Gauquelin Vol. 2/2569

Categories

• Vocation : Science : Physics

• Notable : Awards : Nobel prize

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor of physics)

• Family : Childhood : Family noted (Dad and granddad)

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Discovered radioactivity)