It was at Varsovic, in Russian Poland, that Madame Curie - who, together with her husband, the late Professor Curie, discovered radium at Sorbonne in 1898 - was born in 1867. Her father was M. Sklodowski, a professor of physics at a college in Varsovie, and his daughter laid the foundation of her ultimate scientific achievements by becoming the Professor's helper in his aboratory. Ultimately she went to Paris to study, suffering much privation in order that she might continue her studies. And there she met Professor Curie, by whose side she worked for a number of years, until he died in 1906. Many honours have been showered on this clever lady scientist. In July, 1910, she received the Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts, being only the second woman - Queen Victoria was the first - to receive this honour. Madame Curie's greatest pride and joy, however, is her little daughter Irene, to whom she is passionately attached. Madame Curie is the author of many scientific books, but it is her great achievement, the discovery of radium, which will immortalise her name.

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