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Basic timeline of Marie Curie
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This post is a basic timeline of chemist Marie Curie (1867-1934). There are 15 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- 1867: Born in Warsaw, Russia
- 1890: Begins working at Museum of Industry and Agriculture
- 1891: Enrolls at University of Paris
- 1894: Begins researching at ESPCI Paris
- 1897: Begins teaching at Ecole Normale Superieure
- 1898: Discovers that thorium is radioactive
- 1898: Discovers polonium
- 1898: Discovers radium
- 1903: Receives Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1909: Becomes head of Radium Institute
- 1911: Receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1922: Becomes a fellow the French Academy of Medicine
- 1922-1934: Serves as a member of the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation
- 1930: Elected to the International Atomic Weights Committee
- 1934: Died at age 66 in Passy, France
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