Marie Curie

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a scientist who won Nobel Prizes in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911).

Early life
Marie Curie was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867. The daughter of a secondary school teacher, she began her studies in Warsaw and became part of the student activism there, but soon moved to Krakow, then Paris. She continued her studies at the Sorbonne, earning degrees in physics and the mathematical sciences. While studying at the Sorbonne in 1894, she met her eventual husband, Pierre Curie, who was then a professor in the School of Physics.

Death
Curie died July 4, 1934 in Savoy, France, following a brief illness.