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Marie Curie is Born
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8 Year Old Marie helps older brothers with their homework.
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Marie's Mother Dies of Tuburculosis
When she was 10 years old, her mother dies of tuburculosis. -
Marie Graduates High School
Marie Graduated High School, first in her class. -
Marie Graduates Sorbonne
Marie got her degree in Physics -
Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie Share Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity",the other half jointly to Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, née Sklodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". -
Eve, Marie, and Irene
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Marie wins Nobel Prize Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 was awarded to Marie Curie "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element". -
Radioactive Cosmetics Sold in England
In the early 1930s, a pharmacist, Alexis Moussali and a Parisian doctor, Alfred Curie, launched a French range of radioactive beauty products, first from the Rues des Capucines and then from 146 Avenue Victor Hugo. Alexis Moussali was probably the brains behind the commercial operation, with Alfred Curie possibly brought either because of his surname – (he was not related to Marie or Pierre Curie) and/or the fact that he was a doctor. -
Marie Curie Dies
On July 4, 1934, Marie Curie died in eastern France, from aplastic anemia contracted from exposure to radiation. The damaging effects of ionizing radiation were not then known, and much of her work had been carried out in a shed, without proper safety measures.
