Henri BECQUEREL reorganizes the Natural History Museum. 1892.

Henri BECQUEREL (1852.1908)

Autograph letter signed to Daniel Berthelot.

Two pages in-8° on mourning paper.

Without place. April 27, 1892.

“I hope you will find yourself named when you return to Paris; we have to vote for you tomorrow at the Museum. »

Beautiful letter from Henri Becquerel worrying about the health of his colleague Marcellin Berthelot and informing his son, Daniel Berthelot, of his imminent appointment to the National Museum of Natural History.

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“Dear Sir, I am sorry to learn that your father has fallen ill and is suffering cruelly . Being far from home adds to the difficulty of this situation, and I understand very well that in these circumstances you cannot abandon your father or your mother.

I hope you will find yourself named when you return to Paris; we must vote for you tomorrow at the Museum , and the ministerial nomination will not be long in coming, I have every reason to believe it.

Please offer my most respectful compliments to your father and tell him how much I share in his sad situation. Please also present my respectful homage to your mother and always believe me to be very cordial to you. Henri Becquerel. This morning I did the first lesson of the course at the Museum. »

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Daniel Berthelot (1865.1927) was appointed, on May 1, 1892, assistant to the chair of applied physics at the National Museum of Natural History.

He was elected a member of the French Physical Society in 1895 and of the French Chemical Society; member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1914 and of the Academy of Sciences (general physics section) in 1919.