Edmond Becquerel
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 133 years ago |
Date of birth | March 24,1820 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Paris |
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Date of died | May 11,1891 |
Died | 5th Arrondissement |
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France | |
Nationality | French |
Parents | Antoine Cesar Becquerel |
Children | Antoine Henri Becquerel |
Siblings | Louis Alfred Becquerel |
Job | Physicist |
Known for | photovoltaic effect |
Grandchildren | Jean Becquerel |
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ID | 434998 |
Edmond Becquerel Life story
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, 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.