Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist Size:S: 40 x 30cm Sir Joseph Banks holding two

Sir Joseph Banks holding two nets and in pursuit of a butterfly (the titular Emperor of Morocco)

Engraved in wood

Ashburnham House was purchased by Westminster School in 1882

is depicted opening his purse to give Policeman A1 an extra shilling per week in wages

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist Size:S: 40 x 30cm Sir Joseph Banks holding twoMarie Curie (1867 1934), Polish born French physicist, 1926. In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium. Marie did most of the work of producing these elements, and to this day her notebooks are still too radioactive to use. In 1904, the Curies and Henri Becquerel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Curie also was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story