MARIA SKLODOWSKA-CURIE By facebooker_3501080696803211 1867 born in Warsaw, Poland 1891 started studies at Sorbonne University in Paris 1895 married Pierre Curie 1898 discovered polonium 1903 won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of radioactivity 1906 became the fi rst woman-professor 1911 won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her studies on radium2 1934 died of leukemia
