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Marie Curie — Physicist and chemist, born in Warsaw, naturalised French, 1867–1934
Born in a Poland under Russian administration, where the universities were closed to her, she came to study in Paris at twenty-four and did all her work there. With her husband she discovered polonium and radium; she was the first woman professor at the University of Paris, and received two Nobel prizes in two sciences. (Editorial synthesis)
Marie Curie married Pierre Curie. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie Curie was born on 7 November 1867. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie Curie died on 4 July 1934. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia, caused by her exposure to radiation. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded child of Marie Curie: Irène Joliot-Curie.
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