Albert Einstein

Born: 14 March 1879, Ulm, Germany

Died: 18 April 1955, Princeton, NJ, USA

Who was Albert Einstein?

Albert Einstein was a German mathematician and physicist who developed the special and
general theories of relativity. He received his Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the
photoelectric effect in 1922.

Early life

Einstein’s parents were secular, middle-class jews. He had one sister, Maria, born two years
after Albert. At the Luitpold Gymnasium, Einstein often felt out of place and victimized by a
prussian-style educational system that seemed to stifle originality and creativity. One teacher
even told him that he would never amount to anything.

Field of expertise, studies and career

After studying at the ETH university in Zurich, Einstein worked at the patent office in Bern,
during which time he produced several pioneering works in the field of physics. He was later
employed at universities in Bern, Zurich and Prague and from 1914 in Berlin. After the Nazis
seized power in Germany, Einstein immigrated to the US, where he worked at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Character & personal life

Albert tends to be extremely analytical, objective, and logical. Albert is likely to approach
interactions with others in a logical way, rather than relying on emotion. Einstein married twice
and had three children by his first marriage.