| Authorised form of name | Becquerel; Alexandre Edmond (1820 - 1891) |
| Other forms of name | Edmond |
| Dates | 1820 - 1891 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of birth | 24 March 1820 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 11 May 1891 |
| Research field | Experimental physics |
| Activity | 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
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 31/05/1888 |
| Relationships | Son of Antoine Cesar Bequerel (For Mem RS 1837); father of Antoine Henri Bequerel (For Mem RS 1908) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1892 vol 51 pp xxi-xxiv signed by W C |
| Code | NA6956 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1888/04 | Becquerel, Alexandre Edmond: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/5/337 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 21 May 1891 |
| MC/15/188 | Letter from Henri Becquerel, Paris, to the President of the Royal Society | 28 May 1891 |