Marie Curie

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Born: 7 November 1867 in Warsaw,Poland Died: 4 July 1934 Husband: Pierre Curie

Marie Curie was a Polish physicist, chemist and feminist. She did research on radioctivity.

Curie died on July 4, 1934, of aplastic anaemia, believed to be caused by prolonged exposure to radiation. She was known to carry test tubes of radium around in the pocket of her lad coat. Her many years working with radioactive materials took a toll on her health.

She was also the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She was the first woman professor at the University of Paris. She was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in two sciences. She received on uncontrolled radiation, which was discovered by Henri Becquerel.

Under her direction,the worlds first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms by the use of radioactive isotopes. In 1932 the Curie Institute in Warasaw both remain major centres of medical research. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray sevices to field hospitals. While a French citizen, Marie Sklodowska Curie, who used both surnames, never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element she discovered polonium, after her native county.

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