Person:Harriet Brooks (1)

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Harriet Brooks
b.2 Jul 1876 Exeter, Huron, Ontario, Canada
d.17 Apr 1933
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  1. Elizabeth Brooks
  2. Harriet Brooks1876 - 1933
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m. Jul 1907
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Name Harriet Brooks
Gender Female
Birth? 2 Jul 1876 Exeter, Huron, Ontario, Canada
Marriage Jul 1907 London, Englandto Frank Pitcher
Death? 17 Apr 1933

Harriet Brooks was a pioneer of nuclear science. She did research with Ernest Rutherford at McGill. In 1906-1907 she worked with Marie Curie in Paris. She died of lukemia, undoubtedly caused by radiation.

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