# Marie Curie

_Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)_

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> Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband, Pierre Curie, "for their joint researches on the radioactivity phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element".

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 7 November 1867 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Freta Street ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P19))
- **Died:** 4 July 1934 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P570))
- **Place of death:** Sancellemoz ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Russian Empire; France ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; chemist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P106))
- **Education:** Science Faculty of Paris; Flying University; University of Paris; 10th Secondary School named after Queen Jadwiga in Warsaw; University of Paris ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P69))
- **Positions held:** professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P39))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Nobel Prize in Physics; Willard Gibbs Award; honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow; John Scott Award; Elliott Cresson Medal; Davy Medal; Matteucci Medal; Actonian Prize; Albert Medal; prix Gegner; Benjamin Franklin Medal; Order of the White Eagle; Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh; Knight of the Legion of Honour ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186#P166))

## Questions

**When was Marie Curie born?**  
Marie Curie was born on 7 November 1867 in Freta Street.

**What positions has Marie Curie held?**  
Positions held by Marie Curie include: professor.

**Where did Marie Curie study?**  
Marie Curie was educated at Science Faculty of Paris, Flying University, University of Paris, 10th Secondary School named after Queen Jadwiga in Warsaw.

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## Sources

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- [Wikidata item Q7186](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Marie Curie c. 1920s.jpg by Henri Manuel (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Curie_c._1920s.jpg)

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"Marie Curie". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/marie-curie. Retrieved 21 October 2026.