Marie and Pierre Curie in their laboratory in Paris. Pierre Curie was introduced to Maria Sklodowska by a friend and took Maria into his laboratory as his student. He began to regard her as his muse. She refused his initial proposal, but finally agreed to marry him on July 26, 1895. Marie Curie (November 7, 1867 - July 4, 1934) was a Polish-French physicist and chemist.

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Pierre and Marie Curie in Their Paris Lab, 1900s

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