Born-7 November 1867
Warsaw, Russian held parts of Poland
Died-4 July 1934 (aged 66)
Passy, Haute-Savoie, France
Citizenship-Russian, later French
Nationality-Polish
Fields-Physics, chemistry
Institutions-University of Paris
Alma mater-University of Paris
ESPCI
Known for-Radioactivity, polonium, radium
Notable awards-Nobel Prize in Physics (1903)
Davy Medal (1903)
Matteucci Medal (1904)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)
Spouse-Pierre Curie (1859-1906)
She was born Maria Salomea Sklodowska in Warsaw, in Russian Poland, and lived there to the age of 24. In 1891 she followed her older sister Bronislawa to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She shared her Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) with her husband Pierre Curie (and with Henri Becquerel). Her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and son-in-law, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, would similarly share a Nobel Prize. She was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and is the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.Red more