Marie Gallery

Marie Curie

Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne, where she received a scholarhip which allowed her to move back to Poland to take a second degree in Mathematics. She married Pierre Curie in 1895 and their research into radioactivity resulted in a joint Nobel prize. (1903) Maire succeeded Pierre in the position of Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne after his death, and through her research she isolated pure radium. In 1911 she became the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize on two occasions

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Front of the Sketch featuring Marie Lloyd

Marie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870 - 1922), British music hall singer, entertainer and comedienne. A global superstar in her day commanding the highest salary of any entertainer. Pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine in November 1912. Date: 1912

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1912, Comedienne, Comediennes, Comedy, Comic, Costume, Cover, Entertainer, Fashion, Front, Funny, Hall, Humour, Lloyd, Magazine, Marie, Music, Portraits, Singer, Sketch

Hesse - Princess Alice and her children

Princess Alice of Great Britain, third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843 -1878), pictured with her husband, Ludwig (Louis) IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and her children. Clockwise from far left: Princess Victoria, later Marchioness of Milford Haven, the Grand Duke holding Princess Marie (1874 - 1878), Princess Alice with her arms around Princess Alix (later Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II), Princess Elizabeth (Ella, later Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna of Russia), Princess Irene (later Princess Henry of Prussia) and Prince Ernst Ludwig (Ernest Louis, known as Ernie), later Grand Duke of Hesse.
1875

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