Henri Becquerel was a French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity.
Personal Information
Complete Name –> Antoine Henri Becquerel
Birth Date –> 15 December 1852
Death –> 25 August 1908 (aged 55)
Nationality –> French
Family
First Wife –> Lucie Zoé Marie Jamin
Son –> Jean
Second Wife –> Louise Désirée Lorieux
Education
College –> École Polytechnique
Degree –> Engineering
Accomplishment
* The SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after him
* Discovery of radioactivity
Awards
1908 – ForMemRS
1905 – Barnard Medal
1903 – Nobel Prize in Physics
1900 – Rumford Medal
See also: List of Nobel Prize in Physics
See also: List of Inventors