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Albert Einstein 
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
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Name in native language
  • Albert Einstein
Date of birth14 March 1879
Ulm
Date of death18 April 1955
Princeton
Manner of death
  • natural causes
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Occupation
  • theoretical physicist (theory of relativity, quantum physics)
  • philosopher of science
  • inventor
  • science writer
  • pedagogue
  • university teacher (1909–)
  • physicist
  • philosopher
  • writer
  • scientist
  • mathematician
  • patent examiner (1901–1906)
  • professor (Universitäts-Professor)
  • pacifist
Employer
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (1902–1909)
  • Charles University
  • University of Zurich (professor, 1909–1911)
  • German University in Prague (professor, 1911–1912)
  • ETH Zurich (professor, 1912–1914)
  • Kaiser Wilhelm Society (director, 1917–1933)
  • Princeton University (1933–1955)
  • Leiden University
  • University of Bern (teacher, 1908–1909)
  • Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (president, 1916–1918)
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (professor, 1914–1933)
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (1914–1933)
  • Institute for Advanced Study
  • Leiden University (Faculty of Science, Professor by special appointment, 1920–1946)
  • Bern
  • University of California, Berkeley
Member of
  • Royal Society
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1932–)
  • American Philosophical Society (1930–)
  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
  • 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 (corresponding member of RAS, 1922–)
  • Indian National Science Academy
  • Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
  • Brazilian Academy of Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences (Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, 1922–)
  • National Academy of Sciences (Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 1942–)
  • Centre international de synthèse
  • Japan Academy (honorary member, 1950–)
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Q137396485, Q137386991, 1921–)
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Mother
  • Pauline Koch
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  • Lina Einstein (female first cousin)
  • Elsa Einstein (female first cousin)
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Notable work
  • special relativity
  • general relativity
  • photoelectric effect
  • theory of relativity
  • theory of Brownian Motion
  • mass–energy equivalence
  • Planck constant
  • Einstein field equations
  • quantum mechanics
  • unified field theory
  • stimulated emission
Present in work
  • Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
Award received
  • Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1920)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (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)
  • Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  • Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1934)
  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
  • honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1949)
  • honorary doctorate from Princeton University
  • honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1923)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1921)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (1942)
  • Great Immigrants Award (2009)
  • Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1928)
  • New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008)
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With Paul Ehrenfest

Theories

 See also category: Special relativity.

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