Recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Marie and Pierre Curie) for his work on radioactivity, Henri Becquerel, solicits his fellow permanent secretary at the Academy of Sciences, in favor of his son Jean and his scientific work.
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Henri BECQUEREL (1852.1908)
Autograph letter signed to Marcellin Berthelot.
One page in-8° on mourning paper.
Collection stamp on the back.
Chatillon-Coligny. September 19, 1904
Recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Marie and Pierre Curie) for his work on radioactivity, Henri Becquerel, solicited his colleague Berthelot, permanent secretary at the Academy of Sciences, in favor of his son Jean and his scientific work.
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“My dear colleague, I am sending you herewith a sealed envelope submitted by my son [Jean Becquerel] and relating to a fact that he has observed for several months and which appears to be fundamental. However, my son would like to explore its various particularities in more detail before publishing it, and we would be very grateful if you would ask the academy to accept, at its next meeting, the deposit of this sealed envelope. I take this opportunity to send you, with my anticipated thanks, the respectful expression of my most sincerely devoted feelings. Henri Becquerel. »
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In 1909, Jean Becquerel (1878.1963) succeeded his father as chair of Physics applied to natural sciences at the National Museum of Natural History. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1946.
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