Frédéric Joliot-Curie born 1900 Paris. Assisted Marie Curie 1925. Married Irène Curie 1926, hyphenated surnames. Awarded doctorate under Marie Curie. Discovered induced radioactivity bombarding elements with alpha particles. Shared Nobel with Irène as second Curie couple winners. Alerted Soviets to German nuclear fission 1939. Worked on nuclear chain reactions and reactors. Smuggled nuclear documents to England 1940. Joined French Resistance, made Molotov cocktails 1944. Joined Communist Party 1942, became Central Committee member. Directed French National Centre for Scientific Research post-war. Built first French atomic reactor 1948. Purged from duties 1950 due to communism. Signed Russell-Einstein Manifesto 1955. Died 1958 from radiation-induced liver disease.