Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist and chemist who found polonium and radium; the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences.
Person7 Nov 1867 – 4 Jul 1934
- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q7186
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Appears in51 items
- Albert Einstein1 item
- From X-rays to the Bomb6 items
- Marie Curie40 items
- Maria Skłodowska is born in Warsaw7 Nov 1867
- Warsaw: childhood and the Flying University7 Nov 1867
- Her mother dies of tuberculosis9 May 1878
- First in her class, with a gold medal12 Jun 1883
- The Flying University, and a pact with Bronia1885
- Governess at Szczuki1 Jan 1886
- A forbidden engagement to Kazimierz Żorawski1887
- First experiments, at the Museum of Industry and Agriculture1890
- Student years in ParisNov 1891
- Arrives in Paris and enrols at the SorbonneNov 1891
- Licence in physics, first in her yearJul 1893
- Meets Pierre CurieApr 1894
- Licence in mathematics, second in her yearJul 1894
- Marries Pierre Curie at Sceaux26 Jul 1895
- Irène is born12 Sep 1897
- The shed at rue LhomondDec 1897
- Pitchblende is more active than its uranium12 Apr 1898
- Polonium, named for Poland18 Jul 1898
- Radium is announced26 Dec 1898
- A decigram of radium chloride21 Jul 1902
- Doctorate at the Sorbonne25 Jun 1903
- Nobel Prize in Physics, with Pierre and Becquerel10 Dec 1903
- Ève is born6 Dec 1904
- Pierre Curie is killed on the rue Dauphine19 Apr 1906
- Professor at the Sorbonne13 May 1906
- Her first lecture5 Nov 1906
- The Académie des sciences turns her down23 Jan 1911
- The first Solvay Conference30 Oct 1911
- The Langevin affair breaks4 Nov 1911
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry, alone10 Dec 1911
- In hiding with Hertha AyrtonAug 1912
- The First World WarAug 1914
- Taking France’s radium to BordeauxSep 1914
- Irène runs X-ray posts in Belgium1915
- The Radium Institute years1919
- A gram of radium from President Harding20 May 1921
- Irène and Frédéric make radioactivity15 Jan 1934
- Death at Sancellemoz4 Jul 1934
- Irène Joliot-Curie wins the Nobel Prize10 Dec 1935
- Pierre and Marie Curie enter the Panthéon20 Apr 1995
- The Periodic Table
