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Antoine César Becquerel

1788 - 1878

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Antoine César Becquerel (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan sezaʁ bɛkʁɛl]; 7 March 1788 – 18 January 1878) was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine César Becquerel is the 285th most popular physicist (down from 280th in 2019), the 1,144th most popular biography from France (up from 1,176th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Physicist.

Antoine César Becquerel is most famous for his discovery of radioactivity.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 285 out of 851. Before him are Mihajlo Pupin, William Daniel Phillips, Valentin Ceaușescu, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Peter Mansfield, and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. After him are Ash Carter, Syukuro Manabe, Joseph Plateau, Charles Wheatstone, Ernest Walton, and Lawrence M. Krauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 12. Before him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Ranavalona I, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, and Étienne Cabet. After him are Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Robert Peel, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Johan Christian Dahl, and Leopold Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1878, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 16. Before him are Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Angelo Secchi, Władysław Tarnowski, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov. After him are Henri Victor Regnault, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, and Carl von Rokitansky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 1,144 out of 6,770. Before him are Hugh of Italy (880), François Cevert (1944), James II of Majorca (1243), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), and Édouard Vuillard (1868). After him are Jacques Hébert (1757), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Jacques Rivette (1928), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Paul Landowski (1875), and Balthus (1908).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 28. Before him are Edme Mariotte (1620), Jacques Charles (1763), Gérard Mourou (1944), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754). After him are Anne L'Huillier (1958), Alain Aspect (1947), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Félix Savart (1791), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), and Charles Fabry (1867).

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