Marie curie family biography sample

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a famous Polish scientist. She was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw on 7 November 1867.

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Her father and mother were both teachers. They had 4 other children, all of them older than Maria. She had a brother named Jozef and 3 sisters, Zofia, Bronia, and Helena.

However, Zofia died of typhus in 1874 and her mother died of tuberculosis in 1878.

(Both were common diseases in the 19th century).

Maria herself proved to be a very bright child and did very well at school.

Marie curie family biography sample

Unfortunately at that time, women were not allowed to go to University. That meant Maria would have to study abroad. So in 1885, she made an arrangement with her sister Bronia. Maria would work as a governess (teaching a wealthy family’s children in their own home) and she would support Bronia while she studied at University.

In turn, when Bronia left and got a job she would support Maria while she went to University.

So Maria worked as a governess until 1891 when she began studying at Sorbonn