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Henri Becquerel

French physicist (1852–1908)

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  • Scientists rank#236
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  • Era
    1852–1908
    Aged 56
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Updated 2026-05-29

Henri Becquerel stumbled onto radioactivity in 1896 while studying phosphorescence, landing him a 1903 Nobel Prize alongside the Curies. French physicist who basically found a whole new field by accident.

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Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French experimental physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.

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December 15, 1852
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August 25, 1908
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