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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectIrène Joliot-Curie
Dates
September 12, 1897 – March 17, 1956
Authorized Form of Name
Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956
Additional Forms of Names
Curie, Irène, 1897-1956
Curie, Irène Joliot-, 1897-1956
Joliot-Curie, I. (Irène), 1897-1956
Joliot-Curie, Irène
Жолио-Кюри, Ирен, 1897-1956
Biography
Abstract
Irene Joliot Curie was a nuclear chemist at the Institut du Radium. She was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frederic Joliot Curie "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements."
Important Dates
September 12, 1897Birth, Paris (France).
1925Obtained PhD in Chemistry, University of Paris-Sud (Université Paris-Sud), Paris (France).
1932 – 1952Lecturer (1932-1937); Professor of Chemistry (1937-1946); and Director, Radium Institute (1946-1952), University of Paris (Université de Paris), Paris (France).
1935Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frederic Joliot-Curie "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements".
1936 – 1950Undersecretary, State Scientific Research and Director, French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris (France).
1946 – 1950Director, Institut Curie, Paris (France).
March 17, 1956Death, Paris (France).
Occupation
Nuclear chemist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Mother. Graduate advisor at Paris-Sorbonne University (Université de Paris).
Father.
Joliot, Pierre
Son.
Husband and share 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements."
Langevin-Joliot, Helene, 1927-
Daughter.
Additional
Gentner, Wolfgang, 1906-1980
Grosse, Aristid von, 1905-1985
Kowarski, Lew
Meloney, William Brown
Pienkowski, Stefan, 1883-1953
Rona, Elizabeth
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Institutions
Major Positions
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
Undersecretary, State Scientific Research and Director.
Institut Curie
Director.
Université Paris-Sud
Obtained PhD in Chemistry (1925). Lecturer; Professor of Chemistry; and Director, Radium Institute.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Curie and Joliot-Curie Archives, 1914-1958.
Association Frederic et Irene Joliot-Curie
11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05
Glenn T. Seaborg papers, 1866-1999 (bulk 1940-1998).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
How it came about, circa 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Les cyclotronistes du college [videorecording], 2006.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Max Born Journey to Russia, 1945.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr scientific correspondence, supplement, 1910-1962.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
O. W. Richardson papers, 1897-1959 (bulk 1920-1940).
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA
Oral history interview with Aristid Victor Grosse, 1974 January 11 and April 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Helene Langevin-Joliot, 2003 April 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Chadwick, 1969 April 15, 16, 17 and 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lew Kowarski, 1974 November 20 and 2 August 1976.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wolfgang Gentner, 1971 November 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Pais Prize Session [sound recording], 2017 March 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Stefan Pienkowski files.
Archiwum
Polska Akademia Nauk
Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland
William B. Meloney collection on Marie Curie, 1920-1943.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Columbia University
Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA
Published Resources
Author
L'électron positif / par Irène Curie et F. Joliot.
Les radioéléments naturels : propriétés chimiques-préparation-dosage.
Oeuvres scientifiques complétes : Frédéric et Irène Joliot-Curie.
Subject
Contributions of 20th century women to physics [online resource], 1900-1976.