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Marie Curie

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Marie Curie was a French physicist and chemist born in Poland.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
France
Born
1867-11-07
Died
1934-07-04
Wikidata
Q7186
Occupations physicistchemistuniversity teacher
Aliases Marie Curie

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Marie Curie was a French physicist and chemist born in Poland.

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Researched radioactivity and carried out the discovery and research of polonium and radium with Pierre Curie.

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Winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Marie Curie: Radium and the New Concepts in Chemistry ↗ NobelPrize.org · 1911 · English · Speech transcript Link checked 2026-10-23

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