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How Did Marie Curie Die? Curie died on July 4, 1934, of aplastic anemia, believed to be caused by prolonged exposure to radiation.
[b] Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at the Sancellemoz sanatorium in Passy (Haute-Savoie), France, of aplastic anaemia likely from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological work at field hospitals during World War I. [9]
The sudden death of Pierre Curie (April 19, 1906) was a bitter blow to Marie Curie, but it was also a decisive turning point in her career: henceforth she was to devote all her energy to completing alone the scientific work that they had undertaken.
Marie Curie (born November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire—died July 4, 1934, near Sallanches, France) was a Polish-born French physicist, famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
A racking cough had settled in her chest. Pernicious anemia was in her blood. Perhaps long exposure to the deadly element she and her husband had discovered was taking its toll. But Marie...
Died: 4 July 1934, Sallanches, France. Prize motivation: “in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel”. Prize share: 1/4. Also awarded: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911.
Marie Curie, née Skłodowska. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911. Born: 7 November 1867, Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland) Died: 4 July 1934, Sallanches, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Marie Curie, orig. Maria Skłodowska, (born Nov. 7, 1867, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire—died July 4, 1934, near Sallanches, France), Polish-born French physical chemist. She studied at the Sorbonne (from 1891).
Curie died in Savoy, France, after a short illness, on July 4, 1934. From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967. This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel.
By the late 1920s her health was beginning to deteriorate. She died on 4 July 1934 from leukaemia, caused by exposure to high-energy radiation from her research.