Marie Curie them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element that she discovered in 1898 "polonium", after her native country. Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at a sanatorium in Sancellemoz (Haute-Savoie), France, of aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological work at field hospitals during World War I. Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, in Congress Poland in the Russian Empire, on 7 November 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława, "née" Boguska, and Władysław Skłodowski. The elder siblings of Maria
Pierre et Marie Curie School Pierre et Marie Curie School École Universelle Pierre et Marie Curie (Escuela Universal Pierre y Marie Curie) (EUPMC) is a private trilingual school located in Las Colinas Managua, Nicaragua. It is best known for its large multicultural student body and its science orientation. Founded in 1997 in Las Colinas, Managua, Nicaragua, EUPMC started as a pioneer school,"Lo Pequeño Es Bello", the first in the country to introduce a programming language in the curriculum of pre-school children. It is now one of the top private schools in Managua, Nicaragua. It's also the only school in Central America with an observatory. EUPMC