a French physicist and husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, with whom he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of Induced radioactivity.
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Born
Jean Frédéric Joliot 19 March 1900 Paris, France
Died
14 August 1958 (aged 58) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Atomic nuclei
Fields
Physics, chemistry
Alma mater
University of Paris
Awards
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1935) Hughes Medal (1947) ForMemRS (1946)
Spouse(s)
Irène Joliot-Curie (m. 1926; died 1956)
adultbasic
France
Children
Hélène Langevin-Joliot (b. 1927) Pierre Joliot (b. 1932)
era
1800+
Relatives
parents-in-law: Marie Curie and Pierre Curie