Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie Born (1859-05-15)15 May 1859 Paris, France Died 19 April 1906(1906-04-19) (aged 46) Paris, France Nationality French Fields Physics Alma mater Sorbonne Doctoral advisor Gabriel Lippmann Doctoral students Paul Langevin André-Louis Debierne Marguerite Catherine Perey Known for Radioactivity Curie's law Notable awards Davy Medal (1903) Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) Matteucci Medal (1904) Elliott Cresson Medal (1909) Spouse Marie Skłodowska-Curie (m. 1895) Children Irène Joliot-Curie Ève Curie Signature Propriétés magnétiques des corps à diverses temperatures (Curie's dissertation, 1895) Pierre Curie (/ˈkjʊri, kjʊˈri/; French: [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".