Pierre Curie Biography

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NAME: Pierre Curie
OCCUPATION: Academic, Chemist, Physicist
BIRTH DATE: May 15, 1859
DEATH DATE: April 19, 1906
EDUCATION: Sorbonne
PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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French physicist Pierre Curie was of founding fathers of modern physics and is best known for being a pioneer in radioactive studies.

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French physicist Pierre Curie was of founding fathers of modern physics and is best known for being a pioneer in radioactive studies. He and his wife, Marie Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. The curie, a unit of radioactivity, was named after Pierre Curie. Curie died in 1906 after being run over by a horse-drawn carriage in Paris.