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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1930s (56) 1935 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1897 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1950s (45) 1956 (2) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Paris (25) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) I (15) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) C (49) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name A-D (14) C (8) Curie (4) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Atheism (75) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 30 - 39 (40) 39 (10) 27. Married Couple Winners 27. Married Couple Winners Married couples (10) Joliot-Curie (2) 28. Mother - Daughter Winners 28. Mother - Daughter Winners Mother daughter (2) 29. Father - Daughter Winners 29. Father - Daughter Winners Father daughter (2) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization Europe (15) Europe, western (12) France (4) Paris (2) Curie Institute (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) Long-term academic staff (21) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (32) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (20) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (5) K-L (297) L (183) Legion of Honour (20) M-N (333) M (172) Matteucci Medal (29) O-P (364) O (205) Officer of the Legion of Honour (26) Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (2) complete name: Irène Joliot-Curie nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1935 together with: Frédéric Joliot-Curie prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 was awarded jointly to Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Irène family name: Joliot-Curie occupation: scientist occupation: politician occupation: professor occupation: physicist occupation: chemist occupation: nuclear scientist field of work: chemistry field of work: radiobiology work location: University of Paris, Paris, France description: Irène Joliot-Curie was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Jointly with her husband, Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date. Both children of the Joliot-Curies, Hélène and Pierre, are also esteemed scientists. pronunciation: (French: [iʁɛn ʒoljokyʁi]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1935/summary/> date birth: 1897 date death: 1956 usual name: Irène Joliot-Curie
