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Marie Curie — This Day in Women's History

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Polish–French · Science

Marie Curie

1867 – 1934

Physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity — the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields.

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Nov071867
Science
Marie Curie born in Warsaw
The future two-time Nobel laureate is born Maria Skłodowska.
Nobel Prize — Marie Curie Biographical
Dec101903
Science
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
Shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for research on radiation phenomena.
Nobel Prize in Physics 1903