On November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland. She and her four siblings grew up under the thorough tutelage of their parents, both teachers.
["Marie Curie as a child with her brothers and sisters. From left to right are Zosia, Hela, Manya(Marie Curie), Joseph and Bronya." The two-time Nobel prize winner Marie Curie was born 150 years ago, DW.]
[Parents de Marie Curie. Geneanet.]
“My father and mother worshiped their profession in the highest degree and have left, all over their country, a lasting remembrance with their pupils. I cannot, even to-day, go into Polish society without meeting persons who have tender memories of my parents.”
~ Marie Curie
[Pierre Curie, 1923]
Their family suffered a devastating blow when Marie’s sister, Zosia, contracted typhus and died in 1874. Tragedy struck again when she lost her mother to tuberculosis in 1878. Marie mourned these losses deeply, coping by turning to her studies.
[Bronislawa Boguska-Sklodowska (1836-1878), Maria's mother. PSL Universite Paris, 1860.]