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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, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire)
- 1890: Began working at Museum of Industry and Agriculture in Warsaw
- 1891: Enrolled at University of Paris
- ~ 1894: Began researching at ESPCI Paris
- ~ 1897: Began teaching at École normale superiéure
- 1898: Discovered that thorium is radioactive
- 1898: Discovered polonium
- 1898: Discovered radium
- 1903: Received Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1909: Became head of Radium Institute
- 1911: Received Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1922: Became a fellow the French Academy of Medicine
- 1922-1934: Served 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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