Marie Curie
Physicist and chemist
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Marie Curie was born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw on 7 November 1867. She continued her studies in Paris and worked with Pierre Curie on radioactivity, polonium and radium.
She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Henri Becquerel and Pierre Curie, and received the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She died on 4 July 1934.
Milestones of a life
- 1867
Birth
Born in Warsaw on 7 November.
- 1903
Nobel Prize in Physics
Shared with Becquerel and Pierre Curie.
- 1911
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Received her second Nobel Prize.
- 1934
Death
Died on 4 July.
Sources behind this story
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