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Jean Becquerel

1878 - 1953

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Jean Antoine Edmond Marie Becquerel (5 February 1878 – 4 July 1953) was a French physicist, the son of Henri Becquerel. He worked on a range of experimental physics topics including magnetic effects on the optical properties of materials, and the effects of low-temperature on magnetic susceptibility. He was among the early teachers of relativity and quantum physics in France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Becquerel is the 619th most popular physicist (down from 577th in 2019), the 4,172nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,937th in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jean Becquerel ranks 619 out of 851. Before him are Alfred Landé, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Leopoldo Nobili, Walter Kaufmann, David Deutsch, and Heinrich Kayser. After him are Franco Rasetti, Abraham Alikhanov, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Charles Kittel, Carl August von Steinheil, and Harriet Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Jean Becquerel ranks 184. Before him are Pamela Colman Smith, Constance Collier, Peyo Yavorov, Giuseppe Adami, Rudolf Walden, and Viktor Nogin. After him are William Orpen, Albert Nasse, Holger Thiele, Edwin Mills, Ladislav Klíma, and Leopold Staff. Among people deceased in 1953, Jean Becquerel ranks 126. Before him are Eduard Künneke, Alwin Mittasch, Carl Scarborough, David Curtiss Munson, Milovan Jakšić, and Szilárd Bogdánffy. After him are Johannes Baumann, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Leslie Graham, Issay Dobrowen, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, and Paul Niggli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Becquerel ranks 4,172 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandre Lacazette (1991), Christian Noël (1945), Alberto Palacio (1856), Jean Becker (1933), Jeannie Longo (1958), and Jean Cau (1875). After him are Johann Carolus (1575), Georges Courteline (1858), Pierre Daninos (1913), Pierre Dartout (1954), Moungi Bawendi (1961), and Mathieu Valbuena (1984).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Jean Becquerel ranks 65. Before him are Alfred Perot (1863), Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Claude Pouillet (1790), Marcel Brillouin (1854), Pierre Weiss (1865), and Prosper-René Blondlot (1849). After him are Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Yvette Cauchois (1908), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Hubert Curien (1924), and Jacques Friedel (1921).

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