Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) - Find A Grave Memorial

Actions

Marie Curie
Original name: Marie Sklodowska

Birth:	Nov. 7, 1867 Warsaw, Poland
Death:	Jul. 4, 1934
Scientist. She had degrees in mathematics and physics and was the first woman in Europe to receive her doctorate of science. In 1903, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Physics for the co-discovery (jointly awarded to Curie, her husband Pierre, and Henri Becquerel) of radioactivity. In 1906, she became the first female lecturer, professor and head of Laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris. In 1911, she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium, the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of radium. Her eldest daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie also won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935, the year after Marie Curie died. In 1995, she was the first woman laid to rest under the famous dome of the Pantheon in Paris on her own merits. Search Amazon for Marie Curie

Burial: The Pantheon Paris Ile-de-France Region, France
Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Jan 01, 2001 Find A Grave Memorial# 1613