Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
	German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
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Date of birth	14 March 1879; Ulm
Date of death	18 April 1955; Princeton
Cause of death	aortic aneurysm;
Place of burial	National Museum of Health and Medicine (Albert Einstein's brain);
Country of citizenship	German Empire (28 January 1896, 14 March 1879); statelessness (21 February 1901, 28 January 1896); Switzerland (18 April 1955, 21 February 1901); Weimar Republic (1933, 1918); United States of America (18 April 1955, 1940); Austria-Hungary (1912, 1911); German Empire (1918, 1914); Weimar Republic (1920);
Educated at	ETH Zurich (mathematics education, Bachelor of Science, 1896, 1900); Luitpold-Gymnasium (1894, 1888); Alte Kantonsschule Aarau (September 1896, 1895, Matura, 3 October 1896); University of Zurich (doctoral degree, 30 April 1905, Q51754009, Alfred Kleiner, Heinrich Burkhardt, physics);
Doctoral advisor	Alfred Kleiner; Heinrich Burkhardt;
Occupation	theoretical physicist (theory of relativity, quantum physics); philosopher of science; inventor; science writer; pedagogue; university teacher (1909); professor; physicist; non-fiction writer; philosopher; writer; teacher; scientist; mathematician;
Employer	Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (1909, 16 June 1902); Charles University in Prague; University of Zurich (1909, professor, 1911); Karl-Ferdinands-Universität (January 1911, professor, October 1912); ETH Zurich (October 1912, professor, 1914); Manchester cover ang (1917, director, 1933); Princeton University (1955, 1933); Leiden University; University of Bern (1908, teacher, 1909); Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (1916, president, 1918); Humboldt University of Berlin (1914, professor, 1933); Prussian Academy of Sciences (1933, 1914); Bern; Institute for Advanced Study;
Member of	Royal Society; Prussian Academy of Sciences; German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina; Lincean Academy; American Philosophical Society; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Göttingen Academy of Sciences; Academy of Sciences of the USSR; French Academy of Sciences; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Russian Academy of Sciences; Indian National Science Academy; Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL;
Field of work	theoretical physics;
Native language	German;
Father	Hermann Einstein;
Mother	Pauline Koch;
Sibling	Maja Einstein;
Child	Hans Albert Einstein; Eduard Einstein; Lieserl Einstein;
Spouse	Elsa Einstein (1919 – 20 December 1936); Mileva Marić (16 January 1903 – 14 February 1919);
Work location	Caputh; Princeton; Berlin (1933, April 1914); Bern (1909, 16 June 1902); Prague (October 1912, January 1911); Zürich (1911, 1914, 1909, October 1912);
Notable work	general relativity; special relativity;
Award received	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1920); Nobel Prize in Physics (121,573 Swedish krona, 1921 in science, 1921); Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926); Prix Jules Janssen (1931); Matteucci Medal (1921); Max Planck Medal (1929); Franklin Medal (1935); Copley Medal (1925); Order of Merit for Arts and Science; Benjamin Franklin Medal; Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1934); New Jersey Hall of Fame; Honorary doctor of the University of Geneva; Honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1949); Honorary doctor of the Princeton University; Pour le Mérite; Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1923);
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Portraits[edit]

The oldest picture of Einstein
Albert Einstein with friends Habicht and Solovine, ca. 1903
Crop of Albert Einstein at the first Solvay Conference, 1911.
Second Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels, 1913.
Einstein, photo from 1920
Etching by Hermann Struck, 1920.
Einstein, photo from 1921
Einstein in 1921 (cropped)
Nobel Prize photo, 1921
Einstein and "leaders of the World Zionist Organization" from 1921
Albert Einstein with his wife Elsa Einstein and other Zionist leaders, Menachem Ussishkin, Chaim Weizmann, Mrs. Weizmann, and Ben-Zion Mossinson on arrival in New York, 1921.
Etching by Hermann Struck, 1923.

In 1947 (full original pic)
In 1947 (full)
In 1947 (cropped, facing left)
In 1947 (cropped, facing right)
In 1947 (cropped, rework)
Einstein with Robert Oppenheimer
Solvay Conference 1927
Sixth Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels, 1930.
Tour of the New Brunswick, N.J. Marconi Wireless Station with other scientists, 1921
Einstein, by Doris Ulmann (1931)
U.S. citizenship, 1940
Einstein in his later years
Einstein with his wife Elsa

With Paul Ehrenfest[edit]

Einstein and Ehrenfest visiting Pieter Zeeman in Amsterdam (around 1920)
Einstein at the home of Leiden physics professor Paul Ehrenfest, 1920. On his lap is Paul Ehrenfest, Jr.
Albert Einstein and Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, photographed by Ehrenfest in front of his home in Leiden in 1921.