Pierre Joliot

Pierre Adrien Joliot-Curie (born 12 March 1932) is a French biologist and researcher for the CNRS. He became a Director of Research in 1974 and a member of their scientific council in 1992. Google translation 

He was a scientific advisor to the French Prime Minister from 1985 to 1986 and is a member of Academia Europæa. He was made a commander of the Ordre National du Mérite (English: the National Order of Merit) in 1982 and of the Légion d'honneur (English: Legion of Honor) in 1984. Google translation He was born in Paris.

His grandparents, Marie and Pierre Curie together with Henri Becquerel won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their study of radioactivity. Marie also won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.  Joliot's parents, Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.

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Category:French biologists
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