Becquerel

Becquerel, Antoine Cesar., born in 1788, entered the French engineers, and served in the Peninsula. After the peace he was made professor of physics in the Museum of Natural History. He devoted himself to researches in electricity and magnetism, on which he wrote a valuable treatise. His work on Animal Heat is highly esteemed, and in conjunction with his son, Alexandre, he brought out a useful book on Elementary Physics and Meteoroloyy. He died in 1878.