MarieCurie(bornMariaSkłodowska;alsoknownasMariaSkłodowska-Curie;November7,1867–July4,1934)wasaphysicistandchemistofPolishupbringingand,subsequently,Frenchcitizenship.Shewasapioneerinthefieldofradioactivity,thefirstandonlypersonhonoredwithNobelPrizesintwodifferentsciences,andthefirstfemaleprofessorattheUniversityofParis.
ShewasborninWarsaw,VistulanCountry,RussianEmpire,andlivedthereuntilshewas24.In1891shefollowedhereldersisterBronisławatostudyinParis,wheresheobtainedherhigherdegreesandconductedherscientificwork.ShefoundedtheCurieInstitutesinParisandWarsaw.Shewasthewifeoffellow-Nobel-laureatePierreCurieandthemotherofathirdNobellaureate,IrèneJoliot-Curie.
WhileanactivelyloyalFrenchcitizen,sheneverlosthersenseofPolishidentity.MadameCurienamedthefirstnewchemicalelementthatshediscovered(1898)"polonium"forhernativecountry,[1]andin1932shefoundedaRadiumInstitute(nowtheMariaSkłodowska-CurieInstituteofOncology)inherhometown,Warsaw,headedbyherphysician-sisterBronisława.
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