Birth of Irene Joliot-Curie12 September 1897
Birth of Irene Curie, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie.
Historical person
Irene Joliot-Curie Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Irene Joliot-Curie, based on 13 World History Database records associated with France.
13 records1897–195613 events2 places
Chronological biography
1897
1914
Mobile X-Ray Units1914
Assists her mother with wartime radiology work.
1916
Radiology Training1916
Trains nurses in battlefield radiography.
1925
Doctorate1925
Receives a doctorate for research on polonium alpha rays.
1926
Marriage4 October 1926
Marries Frederic Joliot and forms a new scientific partnership.
1933
Artificial Radioactivity Research1933
Works with Frederic Joliot on induced radioactivity.
1934
Artificial Radioactivity15 January 1934
Announces artificial radioactivity with Frederic Joliot-Curie.
1935
Nobel Prize10 December 1935
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for artificial radioactivity.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry10 December 1935
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frederic Joliot-Curie.
1938
Radium Institute1938
Continues nuclear chemistry research at the Radium Institute.
1946
Radium Institute Director1946
Becomes director of the Radium Institute after the war.
1951
Nuclear Chemistry1951
Continues research despite declining health from radiation exposure.
1956
Death of Irene Joliot-Curie17 March 1956
Dies after illness linked to radiation exposure.
Titles and roles
Chemist · Physicist · Radiographer
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.