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Marie Skłodowska Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/ KEWR-ee, French: [kyʁi], Polish: [kʲiˈri]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, is the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel prize twice, and is the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. She was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.

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At a Warsaw lab, in 1890–91, Maria Skłodowska did her first scientific work.
At a Warsaw lab, in 1890–91, Maria Skłodowska did her first scientific work.
1903 Nobel Prize portrait
1903 Nobel Prize portrait
Birthplace on ulica Freta in Warsaw's "New Town" – now home to the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
Birthplace on ulica Freta in Warsaw's "New Town" – now home to the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
Statue, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Statue, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Tomb of Pierre and Marie Curie, Panthéon, Paris
Tomb of Pierre and Marie Curie, Panthéon, Paris
Władysław Skłodowski with daughters (from left) Maria, Bronisława, Helena, 1890
Władysław Skłodowski with daughters (from left) Maria, Bronisława, Helena, 1890
Pierre, Irène, Marie Curie
Pierre, Irène, Marie Curie
Curie in a mobile x-ray vehicle
Curie in a mobile x-ray vehicle
1911 Nobel Prize diploma
1911 Nobel Prize diploma
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