Louis Alfred Becquerel
Encyclopedia
Louis Alfred Becquerel was a French
physicist
and medical researcher.
Becquerel was born in Paris
. He was the oldest son of Antoine César Becquerel
, and brother of Alexandre Edmond Becquerel.
Becquerel died in Paris
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and medical researcher.
Becquerel was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. He was the oldest son of Antoine César Becquerel
Antoine César Becquerel
Antoine César Becquerel was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.He was born at Châtillon sur LoCrea...
, and brother of Alexandre Edmond Becquerel.
Becquerel died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Selected works
- Recherches cliniques sur la méningite des enfants, 1838
- Sur les affections tuberculeuses et le carreau, 1840
- Traité du bégayement et des moyens de le guérir, 1844
- De l'empirisme en médecine, 1844
- La Séméiotique des urines, ou Traité des signes fournis par les urines dans les maladies, 1845
- Traité clinique des maladies de l'utérus, 1859
- Des applications de l'électricité à la thérapeutique médicale, 1853, 2. ed. 1860
- Traité élémentaire d'hygiène privée et publique, Paris, Asselin, 1854, 4. ed. 1868.