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Description at top doesn't match Nobel Prizes section

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The description at the top of the page says Curie was "the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields" but later in the Nobel Prizes section it says "She was the first person to win or share two Nobel Prizes, and remains alone with Linus Pauling as Nobel laureates in two fields each." Tmhacker (talk) 01:55, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The passage is correct: Linus Pauling won for chemistry in 1954, and for peace in 1962. Remsense ‥  01:58, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify, "peace" is not a "scientific field". Thus, Curie is still "the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields". --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:14, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect spouse birth date (typo)

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I noticed a small typo. The article states under ‘spouse’: Spouse Pierre Curie (m. 1895; died 1906)

-> 1895 should be 1859 89.205.176.243 (talk) 07:50, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "m." means "married". Hqb (talk) 16:48, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

École normale supérieure?

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The article states that "Curie became the first woman faculty member at the École Normale Supérieure", but the cited source, page 176 of Marie Curie: A Life, has "École Normale Supérieure at Sèvres, France's best preparatory school for women teachers". I think this might be a different school. It's mentioned here. 2001:B011:13:3869:602E:DA29:E0C7:A3C3 (talk) 06:37, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, Quinn does state that Curie became the first woman faculty member, but not at the École normale supérieure (Paris). It was the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, a school for girls. The biography by Ève Curie also states that it was a school for girls located at Sèvres. I think this should be clarified in the article. 2001:B011:13:3869:565:99B:4E57:383A (talk) 02:49, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 July 2025

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Please change "In 1900, Curie became the first woman faculty member at the École Normale Supérieure" to "In 1900, Curie became the first woman faculty member at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles". This is what is stated in the cited source. See the discussion I started above. 2001:B011:13:BDF2:9085:38CA:22A2:4A0C (talk) 03:50, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. UmbyUmbreon (talk) 07:30, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2025

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Change the title of the page from "Marie Curie" to "Marie Sklodowska-Curie". Reason: historical accuracy, correlation with other pages. 213.184.238.202 (talk) 06:39, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marie Skłodowska-Curie*
upd:: wrong letter 213.184.238.202 (talk) 06:46, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. UmbyUmbreon (talk) 07:38, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
information Note: Even then, a similar move was made back in 2024 and was reverted, as we use common names for article titles. UmbyUmbreon (talk) 07:41, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Error in her spouse's birth date

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(New to leaving wikipedia corrections so sorry if im doing something wrong) The 9 and 5 in her spouse's lifespan are round the wrong way in the summary block, it had me thinking for a moment it was some weird arranged marriage thing and he died at the age of 10 2A00:23C8:8A26:9801:F59A:239C:1124:37B3 (talk) 10:44, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "m." means "married"; it's not Pierre's birth date. Hqb (talk) 16:33, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]