Marie Curie
1867 - 1934
1867
Born in Warsaw, the fifth child to a Physics teacher father and school teacher mother.
Attended co-ed school Ran by Hanna Adler, Aunt of Niels Bohr.
1891
Move to Paris to study at the Sorbonne
1893
Graduates at top of the class
1894
Meets Pierre
1896
Irene, the first daughter is born
1898
Polonium was discovered
1903
PhD & Nobel Prize
1904
Daughter Eve Born
Marie, who had been working without pay, takes official position as Pierre’s assistant
1906
Pierre’s Death
1911
Solvay Conference
1927
Fifth Solvay Conference - Quantum Mechanics
1934
After a brief illness, Marie passed away primarily due to the accumulation of radioactivity.