Who Was Marie Curie?
1. Marie Curie
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1867. She was born Maria Salomea Skodowska and was the youngest of five children. Her parents were school teachers and her family was poor. From a young age, Curie had a passion for reading, taking every opportunity to study to expand her knowledge.
In 1891, Curie was offered an opportunity to go and live in Paris, France, with her sister. This would give her the opportunity of studying at a Paris university and she wasted no time in accepting. She became a student at the Sorbonne University in Paris where she studied mathematics and physics.
