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JENNIFER LIGHT
| Birth | November 7, 1867 |
| 1893 | Licenciée ès Sciences Physiques, University of Paris |
| 1894 | Licenciée ès Sciences Mathématiques, University of Paris |
| 1895 | Married Pierre Curie on July 26 |
| 1898 |
Discovered polonium (July) and radium (December); Prix Prize, French Academy of Sciences |
| 1900 | Prix Prize, French Academy of Sciences |
| 1900-06 | Professor, Normal Superior School for Girls at Sèvres |
| 1902 |
Isolated pure radium; Prix Prize, French Academy of Sciences; Berthelot Medal, French Academy of Sciences |
| 1903 |
Ph.D., physical science, University of Paris; Nobel Prize in Physics; Davy Medal, Royal Society of London |
| 1906 | Pierre Curie killed in an accident; Assistant Professor, the Sorbonne |
| 1907 | Actonian Prize, Royal Institution of Great Britain |
| 1908-34 | Professor, University of Paris |
| 1909 | Elliott Gresson Gold Medal, Franklin Institute |
| 1911 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| 1912 | Radium Institute founded in Paris (opened in 1914) |
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Publication information:
Book title: Notable Women in the Physical Sciences:A Biographical Dictionary.
Contributors: Benjamin F. Shearer - Editor, Barbara S. Shearer - Editor.
Publisher: Greenwood Press.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 1997.
Page number: 62.
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