1820 - 1891
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɛdmɔ̃ bɛkʁɛl]; 24 March 1820 – 11 May 1891), known as Edmond Becquerel, was a French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity and optics. He is credited with the discovery of the photovoltaic effect, the operating principle of the solar cell, in 1839. He is also known for his work in luminescence and phosphorescence. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond Becquerel has received more than 226,269 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 34 in 2019). Edmond Becquerel is the 306th most popular physicist (down from 219th in 2019), the 1,541st most popular biography from France (down from 1,006th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Physicist.
Edmond Becquerel is most famous for discovering radioactivity. He discovered that uranium salts emit a form of energy that can be detected by a photographic plate even when the uranium is not in direct contact with the plate.
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Among physicists, Edmond Becquerel ranks 306 out of 717. Before him are Pierre Louis Dulong, Peter Mansfield, William Whewell, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Friedrich Hund, and Kenneth G. Wilson. After him are Horst Ludwig Störmer, Stephen Hales, Jean-Charles de Borda, Gerard 't Hooft, John Robert Schrieffer, and Leon M. Lederman.
1785 - 1838
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 300
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 301
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 302
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 303
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 304
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 305
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 306
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 307
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 308
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 309
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 310
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 311
1922 - 2018
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 312
Among people born in 1820, Edmond Becquerel ranks 25. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine, John Tyndall, Mathilde Bonaparte, John Tenniel, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, and Yaqub Beg. After him are Édouard Roche, Afanasy Fet, Şevkefza Kadın, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Jeanne Duval, and Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1891, Edmond Becquerel ranks 31. Before him are Franz Miklosich, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ernest Meissonier, Édouard Lucas, and Theophil Hansen. After him are Johan Jongkind, Kalākaua, Joseph Petzval, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, and Théodore de Banville.
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 19
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 20
1820 - 1904
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 21
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 22
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 23
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 24
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 25
1820 - 1883
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 26
1820 - 1892
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 27
1820 - 1889
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 28
1820 - 1886
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 29
1820 - 1862
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 30
1820 - 1884
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 31
1813 - 1891
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 25
1839 - 1891
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 26
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 27
1815 - 1891
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 28
1842 - 1891
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 29
1813 - 1891
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 30
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 31
1819 - 1891
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 32
1836 - 1891
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 33
1807 - 1891
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 34
1808 - 1891
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 35
1813 - 1891
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 36
1823 - 1891
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 37
Among people born in France, Edmond Becquerel ranks 1,541 out of 6,011. Before him are Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), Barbara (1930), Louise of France (1737), Xavier de Maistre (1763), and Joseph Gallieni (1849). After him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Marcel Dassault (1892), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (1024), and Marcabru (1200).
1721 - 1774
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,535
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,536
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,537
1737 - 1787
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,538
1763 - 1852
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,539
1849 - 1916
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,540
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,541
1698 - 1739
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 1,542
1892 - 1986
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,543
1070 - 1107
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,544
1657 - 1726
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,545
1024 - 1086
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,546
1200 - 1150
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,547
Among physicists born in France, Edmond Becquerel ranks 31. Before him are Gérard Mourou (1944), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), and Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927). After him are Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Marguerite Perey (1909), Gaston Planté (1834), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Félix Savart (1791), and John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683).
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 25
1754 - 1785
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 26
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 27
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 28
1785 - 1838
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 29
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 30
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 31
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 32
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 33
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 34
1785 - 1845
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 35
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 36
1683 - 1744
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 37