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Marie Curie

The woman who became the famous ‘Madame Marie Curie’ was named Maria Sklodowska at birth. Maria was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She was brought up in a middle-income but very well-educated family.

It wasn’t typical of women at that time but Maria took a great interest in Chemistry and Biology. Since opportunities for further education in Poland were limited, Maria went to Paris. Maria Sklodowska left behind not only her beloved family and her country but her very name. She entered the famous Sorbonne University in Paris as Marie, the French equivalent of Maria.

For obvious reasons Maria wasn’t as well prepared as her fellow students. Nevertheless, through hard work she completed master’s degrees in both Physics and Maths in only three years. After graduating from university Maria started her studies in radioactivity. In 1898 this led to the discovery of two new chemical elements, one of which she named polonium, after her home country. Then four years of research followed. The discovery of radium greatly influenced the further development of Physics and Chemistry.

It was in Paris that she met Pierre Curie, a well-known chemist, who had conducted lots of experiments on crystals. Pierre fell in love with young Marie and asked her to marry him. The two scientists became inseparable until Pierre’s death in a road accident.

Due to Marie and Pierre’s research, the science of radiation was able to develop. The couple detected the ability of radium to burn away diseased cells in the body which later was used in medicine, in treatment for cancer. Initially, radiotherapy was called ‘curietherapy’.

For their research on radioactivity the Curies were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. In 1911 Marie was awarded another Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of actinium and further studies on radium and polonium. Marie continued researching radioactivity but she focused on running the Radium Institute. In 1934 she was delighted when her daughter and her husband discovered artificial radioactivity at the Institute.

She died of radiation in 1934 and was buried next to her husband. In 1995 the remains of the couple were transferred to Paris as a sign of respect to those who dedicated themselves to science.

Young Maria changed her name when she moved to another country.

Both Marie's Nobel Prizes were in the same field of science.

One of the elements discovered by Marie was named after Poland.

Marie's daughter followed in the footsteps of her parents.

At the end of the 20th century the remains of Maria were moved to the country of her birth.

Marie and Pierre Curie had no children.

Marie was in charge of an Institute.

Marie and her husband made a great contribution to medicine.

After her husband's death Marie stopped her work on radioactivity.