The Curies
Pierre Curie (1859-1906) Physicist and chemist
Originally specialized in crystallography, but joined his wife’s research. Their discovery of radioactive elements radium and polonium earned them the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with Henri Becquerel.
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Chemist and physicist
Won a second Nobel Prize, in chemistry, in 1911, for continued study of radioactive elements.
