| AdminHistory | Born in Warsaw in 1867, Marie Sklodowska moved to Paris in 1891 and studied physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne University. She married Pierre Curie in 1895 and began undertaking research into physics with her husband. The Curies' pioneering work led to the discovery of radium which advanced developments in the treatment of cancer and x-ray technology. Marie Curie and her husband were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 before Marie succeeded Pierre Curie as a Professor at Sorbonne following his death in 1906. Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize again in 1911 for her work in the field of radioactivity. She undertook biological research into the treatment of cancer and became Director of the Red Cross Radiological Service, overseeing its work during the First World War. Marie Curie died from pernicious anaemia in 1934, a condition which she had developed through exposure to radioactive material during the course of her scientific research. |