Marie Curie

The story, in brief.

Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband, Pierre Curie, "for their joint researches on the radioactivity phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element".

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A life in milestones.

Selected records from Wikidata. Ages are approximate; “c.” marks uncertain dates. This is a starting point for exploration, not a complete life history.

1. 1867
   Life

   Born in Warsaw

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2. 1903~ age 36
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   Nobel Prize in Physics

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3. 1903~ age 36
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   Davy Medal

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4. 1909~ age 42
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   Elliott Cresson Medal

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5. 1910~ age 43
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   Albert Medal

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6. 1911~ age 44
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   Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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7. 1921~ age 54
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   Willard Gibbs Award

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8. 1921~ age 54
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   John Scott Award

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9. 1934~ age 67
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   Death

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