Having recently been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Marie and Pierre Curie) for his work on radioactivity, Henri Becquerel petitioned his colleague, the perpetual secretary at the Academy of Sciences, on behalf of his son Jean and his scientific work.
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Henri BECQUEREL (1852.1908)
Autograph letter signed to Marcellin Berthelot.
One octavo page on mourning paper.
Collection stamp on the back.
Chatillon-Coligny. September 19, 1904
Having recently been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Marie and Pierre Curie) for his work on radioactivity, Henri Becquerel appealed to his colleague Berthelot, perpetual secretary at the Academy of Sciences, on behalf of his son Jean and his scientific work.
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"My dear colleague, I am sending you herewith a sealed envelope deposited by my son [Jean Becquerel] concerning a fact he has observed for several months and which appears to be fundamental. However, my son would like to explore its various details further before publishing it, and we would be most 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 advance thanks, the respectful expression of my most sincerely devoted sentiments. Henri Becquerel."
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In 1909, Jean Becquerel (1878-1963) succeeded his father to the chair of Physics Applied to Natural Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1946.