November 7, 1867- July 4, 1934She was educated at the University of Paris where she received her Liceciateship in Physics and Mathematical Studies, and later her Doctor of Science.
She shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband and later received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
Pierre Curie
May 15, 1859- April 19, 1906
Pierre was educated at the Faculty of Sciences at Sorbonne and received his Liceciateship in Physics and his Doctor of Science degree.
Both inspired by Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity, they isolated and discovered polonium and radium and continued to study the properties of radioactive substances.
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