Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
	Curie, c. 1906
Born	15 May 1859; Paris, France
Died	19 April 1906 (aged 46); Paris, France
Alma mater	University of Paris
Known for	Radioactivity; Curie's law; Curie's Principle; Curie constant; Curie temperature; Curie–Weiss law; Pioneering research on radioactivity; Discovering polonium and radium; Discovery of piezoelectricity; Mean-field theory;
Spouse	Marie Skłodowska-Curie (m. 1895)
Children	Irène; Ève;
Awards	Davy Medal (1903); Nobel Prize in Physics (jointly with his wife Marie Skłodowska-Curie) (1903); Matteucci Medal (1904); Elliott Cresson Medal (1909);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics, chemistry
Institutions	University of Paris
Thesis	Propriétés magnétiques des corps à diverses températures (Magnetic properties of bodies at various temperatures) (1895)
Doctoral advisor	Gabriel Lippmann
Doctoral students	Paul Langevin; André-Louis Debierne; Marguerite Catherine Perey;
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Pierre Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/ KURE-ee, French: [pjɛʁ kyʁi]; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Skłodowska–Curie, and Henri Becquerel, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". With their win, the Curies became the first ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize, launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes.

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