# Frédéric Joliot-Curie

_French scientist (1900-1958)_

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> Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married couple, after his parents-in-law, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie family legacy of four Nobel Prizes. Joliot-Curie and his wife also founded the Orsay Faculty of Sciences, part of the Paris-Saclay University.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 March 1900 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P569))
- **Place of birth:** 16th arrondissement of Paris ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P19))
- **Died:** 14 August 1958 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P570))
- **Place of death:** Saint-Antoine Hospital ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P20))
- **Citizenship:** France ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P27))
- **Occupation:** nuclear physicist; chemist; professor; politician; university teacher; physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P106))
- **Political party:** French Communist Party ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P102))
- **Education:** Lycée Lakanal; ESPCI Paris, PSL University; Science Faculty of Paris ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P69))
- **Spouse:** Irène Joliot-Curie ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P26))
- **Positions held:** president (1946–1949); high commissioner for atomic energy (18 October 1945 – 28 April 1950); director general of the National Center for Scientific Research (20 August 1944 – 3 February 1946); professor (1938–1957); docent; professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P39))
- **Awards:** Commander of the Legion of Honour; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow; Hughes Medal; Matteucci Medal; Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class; International Stalin Prize for Peace; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University; honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw; honorary doctor of the University of Łódź; Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta; Work Flag Order, 1st class; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the Legion of Honour ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989#P166))

## Questions

**When was Frédéric Joliot-Curie born?**  
Frédéric Joliot-Curie was born on 19 March 1900 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

**What positions has Frédéric Joliot-Curie held?**  
Positions held by Frédéric Joliot-Curie include: president (1946–1949); high commissioner for atomic energy (1945–1950); director general of the National Center for Scientific Research (1944–1946); professor (1938–1957); docent.

**Where did Frédéric Joliot-Curie study?**  
Frédéric Joliot-Curie was educated at Lycée Lakanal, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Science Faculty of Paris.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Frédéric Joliot-Curie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Joliot-Curie) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q150989](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150989) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Joliot-Curie Harcourt 1948 3.jpg by Studio Harcourt (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joliot-Curie_Harcourt_1948_3.jpg)

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