Pierre Curie Biography

Birth of Pierre Curie in Paris.

Earns his licence in physics from the Sorbonne.

Discovers piezoelectricity with his brother Jacques Curie.

Helps experimentally verify the inverse piezoelectric effect.

Shows crystals can deform under an electric field.

Shows that electric fields can deform suitable crystals.

Joins the Paris School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry.

Meets Marie Sklodowska through scientific contacts in Paris.

Formulates the inverse relation between susceptibility and temperature.

Shows that magnetic properties change at a critical temperature.

Receives a doctorate for research on magnetism.

Marries Marie Sklodowska and begins a famous scientific partnership.

Becomes father of Irene Curie.

Joins Marie Curie in investigating radioactivity.

Works with Marie Curie in announcing the discovery of polonium.

Works with Marie Curie and Gustave Bemont in announcing radium.

Works with Marie Curie on highly radioactive uranium minerals.

Becomes professor in the Faculty of Sciences.

Studies physiological effects of radium with medical collaborators.

Supports Marie Curie during radium purification work.

Receives the Davy Medal with Marie Curie.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for research on radiation phenomena discovered by Henri Becquerel.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for radiation research.

Becomes titular professor at the Sorbonne.

Delivers the Nobel lecture on radioactive substances.

Dies after a street accident in Paris.

Scientific institutions commemorate Curie family contributions.