~ a brief biographical sketch by ~ Carl J. Wenning ANTOINE BACQUEREL ~ a brief biographical sketch by ~ Carl J. Wenning
Antoine Henri Becquerel French Physicist Born: Paris, December 15, 1852 Died: Le Croisic, Loire Inferieur, August 25, 1908
Most notable accomplishments Inadvertently discovered radioactivity following work of Roentgen with X rays and fluorescence. Showed that radioactive emissions could be deflected by B fields. First to conclude that atom must be made or particles. Won 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Curies.