Edmond Becquerel

<p>Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɛdmɔ̃ bɛkʁɛl]; 24 March 1820 – 11 May 1891) was a French <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a> who studied the <a href="/facts/Solar_spectrum/WPkJRC7s">solar spectrum</a>, <a href="/facts/Magnetism/eo75vApl">magnetism</a>, <a href="/facts/Electricity/hNC8D65W">electricity</a>, and <a href="/facts/Optics/p0vq4S1T">optics</a>. In 1839, he discovered the <a href="/facts/Becquerel_effect/huqzdkH2">Becquerel effect</a>, a kind of <a href="/facts/Photovoltaic_effect/huqzdkH2">photovoltaic effect</a>, the operating principle of which was used in the <a href="/facts/Solar_cell/3L814UCC">solar cell</a>, which he invented in the same year. He is also known for his work in <a href="/facts/Luminescence/1QkIWyUj">luminescence</a> and <a href="/facts/Phosphorescence/WshJFsKV">phosphorescence</a>. He was the son of <a href="/facts/Antoine_C%25C3%25A9sar_Becquerel/WpV6hQRL">Antoine César Becquerel</a> and the father of <a href="/facts/Henri_Becquerel/wN7DSsVL">Henri Becquerel</a>, the discoverer of <a href="/facts/Radioactive_decay/Ya6FVjt4">radioactivity</a>.
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Edmond Becquerel