Authorised form of name | Becquerel; Antoine Henri (1852 - 1908) |
Dates | 1852 - 1908 |
Nationality | French |
Place of birth | Paris, France |
Date of birth | 15 December 1852 |
Place of death | Le Croisic, Brittany, France |
Date of death | 25/08/1908 |
Research field | Physics |
Activity | Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) (jointly) 1903 |
Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 04/06/1908 |
Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1900 |
Relationships | Son of Alexandre Edmond Becquerel (FRS 1888); grandson of Antoine Cesar Bequerel (FRS 1837) |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909-1910 vol 83 pp xx-xxiii signed by W C |
Royal Society code | NA179 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1908/19 | Becquerel, Antoine Henri: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/21/338 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Antoine Henri Becquerel, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 1 November 1900 |
MS/603/1/74 | Letter from Henri Becquerel, 6me Dumont d'Urville, Paris, to [Joseph] Larmor | 5 July 1906 |
NLB/35/158 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Wyndham Rowland Dunstan, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 April 1907 |
NLB/37/719 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir William Crookes, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 May 1908 |
NLB/37/744 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor [Frederick Thomas] Trouton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 May 1908 |
MS/603/1/75 | Letter from Henri Becquerel, 6me Dumont d'Urville, Paris, to [Joseph] Larmor | 10 July 1906 |
AP/80/2 | Unpublished paper, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what influence is exerted by magnetic force over plants during vegetation' by [Henry Foster Baxter] | [1848-1856] |
MC/15/188 | Letter from Henri Becquerel, Paris, to the President of the Royal Society | 28 May 1891 |
MC/23/41 | Letter from Henri Becquerel, 6 Rue Dumont-D'Urville, Paris XVIe, to The Royal Society | 22 June 1908 |