Antoine César Becquerel (March 8, 1788 – January 18, 1878) was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A scientist is a person who is expert in an area of science and who uses scientific methods in research. ...

He was born at Chatillon sur Loing. After passing through the Ecole Polytechnique he became inginieur-officier in 1808, and saw active service with the imperial troops in Spain from 1810 to 1812, and again in France in 1814. He then resigned from the army and devoted the rest of his life to scientific investigation. His earliest work was mineralogical in character, but he soon turned his attention to the study of electricity and especially of electrochemistry. In 1837 he received the Copley Medal from the Royal Society for his various memoirs on electricity, and particularly for those on the production of metallic sulphurets and sulphur by the long-continued action of electricity of very low tension, which it was hoped would lead to increased knowledge of the recomposition of crystallized bodies, and the processes which may have been employed by nature in the production of such bodies in the mineral kingdom. In biological chemistry he worked at the problems of animal heat and at the phenomena accompanying the growth of plants, and he also devoted much time to meteorological questions and observations. He was a prolific writer, his books including Traité de l'électricité et du magnétisme (1834 -1840), Traité de physique dans ses rapports avec la chimie (1842), Elements de électro-chimie (1843), Traité complet du magnétisme (1845), Elements de physique terrestre et de meteorologié (1847), and Des climats et de l'influence qu'exercent les sols boisés et non boisés (1853). He died in Paris, where from 1837 he had been professor of physics at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. For other Écoles Polytechniques, see École Polytechnique de Montréal and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ... The article on electrical energy is located elsewhere. ... Electrochemistry is the study of the electronic and electrical aspects of chemical reactions. ... The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ... The Royal Society of London is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence and was founded in 1660. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

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