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Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867. She was the daughter of a teacher. In 1891, she went to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne where she met Pierre Curie, professor of the School of Physics. They were married in 1895.
The Curies worked together investigating radioactivity. In July 1898, the Curies announced the discovery of a new chemical element, polonium. At the end of the year, they announced the discovery of another, radium. The Curies, along with Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
Pierre's life was cut short in 1906 when he was knocked down and killed by a carriage. Marie took over his teaching post, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, and devoted herself to continuing the work that they had begun together. She received a second Nobel Prize, for Chemistry, in 1911.
Despite her success, Marie continued to face great opposition from male scientists in France, and she never received significant financial benefits from her work. By the late 1920s her health was beginning to deteriorate. She died on 4 July 1934 from leukaemia, caused by exposure to high-energy radiation from her research.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/curie_marie.shtml

The Curie's research was crucial in the development of x-rays in surgery. During World War One Curie helped to equip ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie was a Polish-born physicist and chemist and one of the most famous scientists of her time. Together with her husband Pierre, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903, and she went on to win another in 1911.

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Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867. She was the daughter of a teacher. In 1891, she went to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne where she met Pierre Curie, professor of the School of Physics. They were married in 1895.The Curies worked together investigating radioactivity.

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Luis de Funes
When stardom came de Funès' way, it came suddenly, via Jean Girault's film, Pouic-Pouic, a boisterous comedy that was such a success it guaranteed top billing for the actor on all of his subsequent films. After this first collaboration, director Girault saw de Funès as the perfect choice for the part of the comically irascible lead in Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964).
His major success came with his memorable appearance as the inept Inspecteur Juve in André Hunebelle's Fantômas (1964).

The actor's first big break came in 1956 when he was cast as the blackmarket pork butcher Jambier (another small role) in Claude Autant-Lara's popular WWII comedy, La Traversée de Paris. This film starred two other icons of French cinema, Jean Gabin and Bourvil.

In films, the greatest French comic actor is Louis de Funès, He is the star of some of France's most successful screen comedies.
In a career that lasted five decades, Louis de Funès took part in over 150 films, although it wasn't until the mid-1960s that he became a star.
Born in Courbevoie on 31st July 1914, Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza always got into trouble as a child.

It was in 1942 that the 28-year-old de Funès made up his mind that he would embark on a career as an actor. Over the next ten years, he appeared in around fifty films, always in minor roles.

A Great Actor
Throughout the 1970s, Louis de Funès remained one of French cinema's most bankable stars, although he seldom appeared in films that were worthy of his talents, perhaps because of his preference for working with actors and directors he knew he could get on with.
On 27th January 1983, he suffered a fatal heart attack.

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Luis de Funes When stardom came de Funès' way, it came suddenly, via Jean Girault's film, Pouic-Pouic, a boisterous comedy that was such a success it guaranteed top billing for the actor on all of his subsequent films. After this first collaboration, director Girault saw de Funès as the perfect choice for the part of the comically irascible lead in Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964).

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Claude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the primary inspiration for the new art movement of impressionism. Along with his contemporaries, he captured the light of nature on canvass in a unique, spontaneous and vivacious style. He painted a wide range of subjects ranging from urban scenes to his own beloved formal garden. Monet strove to capture the essence of what he saw in nature.
In order to continue his experiments with light, Monet began to paint series of the same scenes. He would paint them at different times of the day and in different types of weather. He painted a series on haystacks, the Rouen Cathedral, and the London Parliament.

Near the end of his life, Monet embarked on his largest project.
It was a series on the pond at his home in Giverny.
It involved a number of huge paintings of the pond in different
lighting and conditions such as morning, sunset, and clouds.
He called it the Grandes Decorations.
When finished, all the panels together were over 6 feet tall
and nearly 300 feet long.
During much of the project the aging Monet was suffering
from bad eyesight and lung cancer.
He spent the last ten years of his life on the project
and donated it to France in honor of the end of World War I.

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Claude Monet Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the primary inspiration for the new art movement of impressionism. Along with his contemporaries, he captured the light of nature on canvass in a unique, spontaneous and vivacious style. He painted a wide range of subjects ranging from urban scenes to his own beloved formal garden.

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Moliere
He was born on Jan. 15, 1622. His father was a Parisian furniture merchant. His real name was Jean Baptiste and received his early education at the College de Clermont, a Jesuit school, becoming a promising scholar of Latin and Greek. Although he proceeded to study law and was awarded his law degree in 1642, he turned away from both the legal profession and his father's business. At that time he acquired the pseudonym Molière.
Some say Molière's most brilliant and controversial play is Tartuffe which was met with much outrage and censure by the church. "As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."-
'Le Misanthrope' is a popular 17th century play written by Moliere. It is considered one of his greatest works because it was a bold parody on the French aristocratic society, pointing out all its flaws, while ingeniously combining its blemishes with subtle humor. This is also considered a lot different from his other plays, because it focused more on character progress than on plot. Though not a commercial hit when it first premiered in 1666, the play survives in the archives as one of his best-remembered works today.
Towards the end of his career, persistent illnesses began to take a toll on his health, which reduced his theatrical capacities. Just as his entry into the world of theater was dramatic, so was his exit. He passed away collapsing on the stage after one of his best performances.
Today, his works are immensely popular around the world; both in universities and on stage.

Molière was a renowned 17th century French dramatist, actor, director and playwright. He is best-known for his comedy works in Western literature some of which are 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme', 'Le Misanthrope', 'L'Ecole des Femmes' and 'Tartuffe ouL'Imposteur'. He is considered one of France's greatest playwrights.

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Moliere He was born on Jan. 15, 1622. His father was a Parisian furniture merchant. His real name was Jean Baptiste and received his early education at the College de Clermont, a Jesuit school, becoming a promising scholar of Latin and Greek.

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Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf is a famous French singer known as "The Little Sparrow". Born on December 19th, 1915 she had a turbulent childhood. She was the child of two artists. Her mother was a singer and her father was an acrobat in a circus.
She was at the age of 17 when she fell in love with Louis Dupont and bore his child - a girl called Marcelle who died at the age of two from meningitis.
Edith Piaf made her debute in 1935. She changed her name from Edith Gassion to "La Mome Piaf" (or "Kid Sparrow").
From 1936 Piaf recorded many albums and eventually became one of the highest paid stars in the world.
The subsequent years were spent in tours of Europe, South America, and the United States. Her simple yet dramatic style and throaty, tender voice with its tragic overtones brought her wide acclaim and never ceased to move her audiences.
.She was abandoned at a very early age by her mother and was raised by her grandmother. She became blind at the age of three as a complication of meningitis but recovered her sight four years later. Her father took her along on tours and first encouraged her to sing.
Famous French PEOPLE
Despite her phenomenal success, her life was marred by unhappiness and illness. The love of her life, married boxer Marcel Cedan, died in a plane crash on October 1949.
This left Piaf devastated and many claim that this was the beginning of her downfall. Over the years she married Yves Montand' and 'Eddie Constantine.
Two serious car accidents suffered in 1951 led to a morphine and alcohol addiction that left Piaf's life skidding out of control despite a potentially happy marriage in 1952 to actor Jacques Pills.

She died at the age of 47.
Piaf's funeral was massive.

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Edith PiafEdith Piaf is a famous French singer known as "The Little Sparrow". Born on December 19th, 1915 she had a turbulent childhood. She was the child of two artists.