Irène Joliot-Curie
Chemist

Irène Joliot-Curie Net Worth

Irène Joliot-Curie was a French scientist born in Paris, France on September 12, 1897. She and her husband won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. In 1946, she was accidentally exposed to polonium, the chemical element discovered by her parents in 1898, and it is believed that this exposure caused her death from leukemia ten years later.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day September 12, 1897
Birth Place Paris, France
Age 122 YEARS OLD
Died On Mar 17, 1956 (age 58)
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

French scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for her and her husband's discovery of artificial radioactivity.In 1946 she was accidentally expose to polonium, the chemical element that her parents discovered in 1898, and many believe that this exposure caused her death from leukemia ten years later.

Before Fame

She studied at the Faculty of Science at the Sorbonne until World War I broke out.

Trivia

Both of her parents were Scientists and both of her children are as well.

Family Life

She won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband Frederic Joliot-Curie in 1935, nine years after they married.

Associated With

Madame Curie is her mother and a fellow Nobel Laureate.

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