Fill in the Blanks Marie Curie's lifeOnline version Life events through the life of Marie Curie by Raquel Rodríguez 1 passed moved grew scientific got attended school away secondary born fell woman up love in engaged university was arie Curie , née Maria Sklodowska , in Warsaw on November 7 , 1867 , the daughter of a - teacher . She in Warsaw and local schools . She also got some training from her father . She left Poland and , in 1891 , she to Paris to go to at the Sorbonne where she obtained Licenciateships in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences . She met Pierre Curie , Professor in the School of Physics in 1894 . They , and married the following year . After her husband Pierre Curie in 1906 , she took his place as Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences , the first time a had held this position .