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    Henri Becquerel

    French physicist (–)

    Antoine Henri Becquerel (;[3]French:[ɑ̃ʁibɛkʁɛl]; 15 December – 25 August ) was a French physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.[4] The SI unit of radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after him.

    Biography

    Family and education

    Becquerel was born in Paris, France, into a wealthy family which produced four generations of notable physicists, including Becquerel's grandfather (Antoine César Becquerel), father (Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel), and son (Jean Becquerel).[5] Henri started off his education by attending the Lycée Louis-le-Grand school, a prep school in Paris.[5] He studied engineering at the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts et Chaussées.[6]

    Career

    In Becquerel's early career, he became the third in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturell