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Becquerel Collection

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904

Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904, together with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920. Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel Prize winner, seated in her laboratory. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. Artist: Nadar

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. Artist: Nadar
Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1925

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1925. Marie Curie (1867-1934) in her office at the Radium Institute, Paris, of which she was director of research from 1918-1934

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, in her laboratory, 1912

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, in her laboratory, 1912. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1931

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1931. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Pierre Curie, French chemist, when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906

Pierre Curie, French chemist, when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906
Pierre Curie, French chemist, in the lecture theatre when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Pierre Curie, French chemist

Pierre Curie, French chemist. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel, for their work on radioactivity

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory

Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory. Polish-born Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre (1859-1906)

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910. Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967

Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967. Obverse of a medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908

Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908. French chemist Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Antoine Cesar Becquerel (1788-1878), French physicist, 1878

Antoine Cesar Becquerel (1788-1878), French physicist, 1878. Antoine Cesar Becquerel was the first to use electrolysis for separating metals from their ores

Background imageBecquerel Collection: (Alexandre) Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891), French physicist

(Alexandre) Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891), French physicist. The son of the physicist Antoine Cesar Becquerel and father of (Antoine) Henri Becquerel, the discoverer of radioactivity

Background imageBecquerel Collection: (Antoine) Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist

(Antoine) Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist. In 1896 Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity while investigating the phosphorescence of uranium salts

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1904

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1904. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Background imageBecquerel Collection: Marie and Pierre Curie, physicists, 1904

Marie and Pierre Curie, physicists, 1904. Photograph with their daughter Irene. Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by H Becquerel


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