Irène Joliot-Curie
a French chemist, physicist and politician, the elder daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
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Born
Irène Curie 12 September 1897 Paris, France
Died
17 March 1956 (aged 58) Paris, France
Fields
Chemistry, physics
Alma mater
University of Paris
Awards
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1935; jointly)
Institutions
University of Paris Radium Institute
Spouse(s)
Frédéric Joliot-Curie ( m. 1926)
adultbasic
France
Cause of death
Leukemia
Children
Hélène Pierre
Doctoral advisor
Paul Langevin
Doctoral students
Her children
era
1800+
