Marie Sklodowska-Curie   1867—1934   Born in Poland   Moved to Paris studied chemistry and physics at the Sorbonne   First woman to teach there   Met and married another instructor Pierre Curie   Together they studied radioactive materials uranium and pitchblende   In 1898 had discovered that pitchblende contained another element more radioactive than uranium   Isolated two new elements polonium and radium   In 1903 Marie and Pierre Curie with Henri Becquerel awarded Nobel Prize in physics   Marie Curie was first woman to win a Nobel Prize   In 1911 was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry   She was first person to win two Nobel Prizes and one of two to win in two different fields   Died of leukemia caused by radiation poisoning   The element curium named for Marie and Pierre

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