Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (French: [fʁedeʁik ʒɔljo kyʁi]; né Joliot; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French physicist and husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, with whom he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second ever married couple, after his wife's parents, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. Joliot-Curie and his wife also founded the Orsay Faculty of Sciences, part of the Paris-Saclay University.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie | |
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| Born | Jean Frédéric Joliot 19 March 1900 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 August 1958 (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | Atomic nuclei |
| Spouse | Irène Joliot-Curie (m. 1926; died 1956) |
| Children | Hélène Langevin-Joliot (b. 1927) Pierre Joliot (b. 1932) |
| Relatives | parents-in-law: Marie Curie and Pierre Curie |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, chemistry |
| Thesis | Etude électrochimique des radioéléments : Applications diverses (1930) |
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