Marie Curie
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Updated: 22 Jan 2018
TImeline of Maire Curie's life
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Created byOwen Linder
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BirthDeathMoves to ParisEnrolls in University of ParisMother DiesGraduates from gymnastics schoolMarries Pierre CurieSomeone discovers X-RaysDaughter Iréne bornSomeone discovers that uranium emits unsourced radiationBegins teaching at École Normale SupérieureDiscovers that air around uranium conducts electricityDiscovers that thorium also emits radiationDiscovers element poloniumDiscovers element radiumCoins term "radiation"Becomes first female faculty member at École Normale SupérieureFather diesVisits Poland for father's funeralGiven her doctorate from University of ParisWins Nobel Prize in Physics, first women to do so2nd daughter Ève borHusband Pierre dies in a car crashBecome professor at University of Paris, takes Pierre's old jobSucceeds in isolating radiumWins Nobel Prize in ChemistryDeclines offer to be director of the Warsaw Scientific SocietyGets a street named after her and Pierre in ParisHer book "Radioactivity" is publishedVisits Poland for opening of the Radium Institute in WarsawElected as a member in the International Atomic Weights Committee
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