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Becquerel, Antoine Henri
1852 - Born on the 15th of December in Paris, France.
1972 - He entered the Polytechnic.
1874 - Government department of Pontset-Chaussees.
1877 - Became ingénieur.
1878 - Appointed as an Assistant at the Museum of Natural History.
1894 - Promoted to ingénieur-en-chef.
1888 - Acquired the degree of docteur-ès-sciences.
1889 - Elected a member of the Academie des Sciences de France .
- Member of the Accademia dei Lincei and of the Royal Academy of Berlin.
1892 - Appointed Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Natural History at the Paris Museum.
1895 - He became a Professor at the Polytechnic.
1896 - Discovered the phenomenon of natural radioactivity.
1900 - He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.
1903 - Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Discovered radioactive electron emission by uranium.
- Published his findings in many papers, principally in the Annales de Physique et de Chimie and the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie and the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences.
1908 - Died at Le Croisic on 25th of August.
1972 - He entered the Polytechnic.
1874 - Government department of Pontset-Chaussees.
1877 - Became ingénieur.
1878 - Appointed as an Assistant at the Museum of Natural History.
1894 - Promoted to ingénieur-en-chef.
1888 - Acquired the degree of docteur-ès-sciences.
1889 - Elected a member of the Academie des Sciences de France .
- Member of the Accademia dei Lincei and of the Royal Academy of Berlin.
1892 - Appointed Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Natural History at the Paris Museum.
1895 - He became a Professor at the Polytechnic.
1896 - Discovered the phenomenon of natural radioactivity.
1900 - He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.
1903 - Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Discovered radioactive electron emission by uranium.
- Published his findings in many papers, principally in the Annales de Physique et de Chimie and the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie and the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences.
1908 - Died at Le Croisic on 25th of August.
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