Albert Einstein


Albert Einstein in 1921
Born	14 March 1879 Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg,German Empire
Died	18 April 1955 (aged 76) Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Residence	Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, United States
Citizenship	Kingdom of Württemberg (1879–1896) Stateless (1896–1901) Switzerland (1901–1955) Austria–Hungary (1911–1912) German Empire (1914–1918) Weimar Republic (1919–1933) Stateless (1933–1940) United States (1940–1955)
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Swiss Patent Office (Bern) University of Zurich Charles University in Prague ETH Zurich Caltech Prussian Academy of Sciences Kaiser Wilhelm Institute University of Leiden Institute for Advanced Study
Alma mater	ETH Zurich University of Zurich
Thesis	Folgerungen aus den Capillaritatserscheinungen(1901)
Doctoral advisor	Alfred Kleiner
Other academic advisors	Heinrich Friedrich Weber
Notable students	Abdul Jabbar Abdullah Ernst G. Straus Nathan Rosen Leó Szilárd Raziuddin Siddiqui^[1]
Known for	General relativity and special relativity Photoelectric effect Mass-energy equivalence Theory of Brownian Motion Einstein field equations Bose–Einstein statistics Bose–Einstein condensate Bose–Einstein correlations Unified Field Theory EPR paradox
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) Matteucci Medal (1921) Copley Medal (1925)^[2] Max Planck Medal (1929) Time Person of the Century (1999)
Spouse	Mileva Marić (1903–1919) Elsa Löwenthal (1919–1936)
Children	"Lieserl" (1902–1903?) Hans Albert (1904–1973) Eduard "Tete" (1910–1965)
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