By: Cameron MoorePierre Curie: Father of modern

physics

Full Name: Pierre Curie

15 May 1859, / Paris, FranceSibling: Jacques CurieParents: Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly

CurieSpouse: Marie Curie (physicist and won Nobel prize

with Pierre) Children: Irène Joliot-Curie (became a physicist like

her parents) and Ève Curie (wrote noted biography on her mother)

Pierre and his wife, Marie

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Place of residence: Paris, France

Death: On April 19th, 1906, as he was crossing the Rue Dauphine in the rain at the Quai de Conti, he slipped and fell under a horse drawn carriage, he died instantly when one of the wheels ran over his head, and fractured his skull.

Map presenting the Rue Dauphine

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Special Events: Married Marie Skłodowska (Later Marie Curie), received Nobel Prize for Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, they had two children, Irène Joliot-Curie and Ève Curie, he made the first discovery of nuclear energy, by identifying the continuous emission of heat from radium particles. (After his death, he and his wife were enshrined in the Panthéon.)

Top left: Nobel prize, Top right: Children,Bottom left: Radium, Bottom right: wedding

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After his death, he and his wife were enshrined in the Panthéon. Panthéon-Originally built as a church dedicated to St. Geneviene and to house the reliquary chasse containing her relics, but now serves as a mausoleum to house dead and distinguished French citizens. The Panthéon is displayed at the top.

Panthéon

Http://www.biography.com/people/pierre-curie-39098

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_CurieHttp://www.google.com

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