Antoine Henri Becquerel

Born December 15, 1852 Died August 25, 1908 He was married twice Had a son named Jean in 1878 Jean would become a physicist likehis father

About Antoine

Where he was from/lived

He was born in Paris, France Lived and had his family also in France

Antoine attended Ecole Polytechnic for

chemistry and physics He went back to school to continue his

academic path

Education

Professor of applied physics in the Department

of Natural History in the Paris museum He later taught at the university where he

started, Ecole Polytechnic

Employment

He won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for his work on

radioactivity Was elected a member of the Academie des

Sciences de France where he would serve his whole life as the secretary

Was also apart of the Royal Academy of Berlin Was named an officer of the French Legion of

Honor in 1900.

Achievement

Antoine's biggest discovery was radioactivity This was a big discovery at the time and is still

an important one today This helped their time learn about radiation

and and really started the more advanced research towards other things like gamma radiation

What was his contribution and how did it change the thinking

of their time