Person Becquerel; Alexandre Edmond (1820 - 1891) Becquerel Alexandre Edmond Edmond 1820 - 1891 French Male Paris, France 24 March 1820 Paris, France 11 May 1891

Experimental physics Career: Assistant and successor to his father, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Professor of Physics, Conservatoire des arts et Metiers, Paris; studied photochemistry, spectroscopy and phosphorescence Son of Antoine Cesar Bequerel (For Mem RS 1837); father of Antoine Henri Bequerel (For Mem RS 1908) Foreign Member 31/05/1888 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1892 vol 51 pp xxi-xxiv signed by W C International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 24 Mar 1820 - 11 May 1891 NA6956 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 54b62235-b2e2-4223-9812-9c0b54f939db