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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine César Becquerel has received more than 81,643 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Antoine César Becquerel is the 279th most popular physicist (up from 281st in 2019), the 1,176th most popular biography from France (up from 1,347th in 2019) and the 29th 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 279 out of 851. Before him are Edmond Becquerel, August Kundt, Carlo Rubbia, Leo Esaki, Ernest Walton, and Toshihide Maskawa. After him are Carl von Linde, Osborne Reynolds, Victor Weisskopf, Walter Kohn, Anthony James Leggett, and Steven Chu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 14. Before him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Étienne Cabet, and Rama III. After him are Robert Peel, Ranavalona I, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Johan Christian Dahl, Mikhail Lazarev, and Leopold Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1878, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 14. Before him are Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, and Ernst Heinrich Weber. After him are Elias Magnus Fries, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Angelo Secchi, Henri Victor Regnault, and Mariam Baouardy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 1,176 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Duverger (1917), Claudette Colbert (1903), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), Gundobad (500), and Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165). After him are Anne de Montmorency (1493), Paulinus of Nola (354), Édith Cresson (1934), Marcel Pagnol (1895), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), and Émile Bernard (1868).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Antoine César Becquerel ranks 29. Before him are Edme Mariotte (1620), Gérard Mourou (1944), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), and Edmond Becquerel (1820). After him are Anne L'Huillier (1958), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), Henri Pitot (1695), Félix Savart (1791), and Pierre Louis Dulong (1785).

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