Marie Curie Timeline
November 7, 1867
1883–85
Maria and Bronislawa SkłodowskaMaria Skłodowska (Marie Curie; standing) is shown with her sister, Bronislawa Skłodowska, in 1886.
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Skłodowska moves to Paris in 1891 to study at the Sorbonne. She begins to use the name Marie. She studies far into the night and completes degrees in physics and math. In the spring of 1894 she meets Pierre Curie, who is completing his doctorate of science.
1895
Marie and Pierre CuriePierre and Marie Curie pose with bicycles on their honeymoon in 1895.
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1903
Marie earns her doctorate of science in June, becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree. In November Marie and Pierre share with Becquerel the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery and research of radioactivity. Marie is the first woman to receive the honor. (In submitting its nomination to the Nobel committee, the French Academy of Sciences had not acknowledged Marie’s contributions and omitted her name, but it was later put forward after Pierre insisted that they be considered for the prize together.)
1906
Marie CurieMarie Curie is pictured in her Paris, France, laboratory.
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Marie’s fundamental treatise on radioactivity is published.
1911
Marie is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, for the isolation of pure radium.
1914–18
Marie Curie; mobile radiological unitIn 1914 Marie Curie drives a car converted into a mobile radiological unit used to treat wounded soldiers during World War I.
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From this date Marie focuses her research on the chemistry of radioactive substances and the medical applications of these substances.
1932
Marie CurieMarie Curie in 1931.
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Marie dies near Sallanches, France. Her death is the result of leukemia caused by exposure to radiation.
1944
American chemists discover a new element. They name it curium in honor of Marie and Pierre Curie.
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Henri Becquerel Summary
Henri Becquerel was a French physicist who discovered radioactivity through his investigations of uranium and other substances. In 1903 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie. He was a member of a scientific family extending through several generations, the most notable
Nobel Prize Summary
Nobel Prize, any of the prizes (five in number until 1969, when a sixth was added) that are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual