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Warsaw
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she went to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne where she obtained Licenciateships in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences
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She met Pierre Curie, Professor in the School of Physics in 1894 and in the following year they were married
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Henri Becquerel inspired the Curies in their brilliant researches and analyses which led to the isolation of polonium, named after the country of Marie’s birth, and radium.
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She was also appointed Director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris
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President Hoover of the United States presented her with a gift of $ 50,000, donated by American friends of science, to purchase radium for use in the laboratory in Warsaw
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Curie died in Savoy, France, after a short illness.
