Irène Joliot-Curie

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Irène Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, who shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.


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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
physicist
awardReceived Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
Matteucci Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
birthName Irène Curie
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris (symbolic, with her parents)
causeOfDeath leukemia
child Hélène Langevin-Joliot
Pierre Joliot
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1897-09-12
dateOfDeath 1956-03-17
educatedAt Radium Institute
University of Paris NERFINISHED
employer Faculty of Science, University of Paris
Radium Institute
familyName Curie
Joliot-Curie
father Pierre Curie
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
radioactivity
radiochemistry
fullName Irène Joliot-Curie
givenName Irène
memberOf Atomic Energy Commission of France
French Academy of Medicine
French Communist Party
mother Marie Curie
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeYear 1935
notableAchievement first demonstration of artificially induced radioactivity in stable elements
notableWork discovery of artificial radioactivity
placeOfBirth Paris, France
placeOfDeath Paris, France
positionHeld director of the Radium Institute
professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Paris
undersecretary of State for Scientific Research, France
religion atheism
researchContribution production of radioactive isotopes
studies of nuclear reactions
sexOrGender female
sharedNobelPrizeWith Frédéric Joliot-Curie
sibling Ève Curie
spouse Frédéric Joliot-Curie
workLocation Paris, France


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