Albert Einstein

Individual Additional Information
- Relationships
  - Albert lived with Jost Winterler.
    - Relationship Notes
      
      During his time in Arau, Switzerland, he lodged with Professor Jost Winteler's family and became enamoured with Marie, their daughter and his first sweetheart.
    He and Marie Winterler were in love.
    
    He and Mileva Marić (Einstein) were in conflict with each other.
    
    He and Eduard Einstein were distant.
    
    Max (Talmey) Talmud was a pupil of Albert.
    
    He and Marcel Grossman had a close friendship.
    
    He and Michele Besso had a close friendship.
    
    He and Otto Nathan had a close friendship.

Education Details
- Albert attended Catholic Elementary School.
  - Education Notes
    - His family members were all non-observant Jews and he went to Catholic school.
  He attended Luitpold Gymnasium until 1895. He failed the course.
  - Education Notes
    - He received a relatively progressive education at the Gymnasium. Howeve, Einstein clashed with authority and resented the school regimen, believing that the spirit of learning and creative thought were lost in such endeavors as strict memorization.
      
      Albert remained in his Munich lodgings to finish school when his parent moved to Pavia, Italy, completing only one term before leaving the gymnasium in the spring of 1895 to rejoin his family. He quit a year and a half prior to final examinations without telling his parents, convincing the school to let him go with a medical note from a friendly doctor, but this meant that he had no secondary-school certificate.
  He attended Arau, Switzerland. He completed the program in September 1896 and was awarded a diploma.
  - Education Notes
    - Although he excelled in the mathematics and science part of entrance examinations for the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, his failure of the liberal arts portion was a setback; his family sent him to Aarau, Switzerland to finish secondary school, and it became clear that he was not going to be an electrical engineer as his father intended for him. There, he studied the seldom-taught Maxwell's electromagnetic theory.
  He attended Federal Polytechnic Institute from October 1896. He completed the program in 1900 and was awarded a diploma.
  - Education Notes
    - He moved to Zurich to attend the Institute where he received a teaching diploma
  He attended University of Zurich in a doctorate program.
  - Education Notes
    - His thesis was titled "A new determination of molecular dimensions" ("Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen").

Occupation Details
- From 1902 Albert's occupation was Technical Assistant Examiner for Swiss Patent Office, in Zurich. He was promoted from this position in 1906.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Einstein could not find a teaching post upon graduation, mostly because his brashness as a young man had apparently irritated most of his professors. The father of a classmate helped him obtain employment as a technical assistant examiner at the Swiss Patent Office in 1902. There, Einstein judged the worth of inventors' patent applications for devices that required a knowledge of physics to understand — in particular he was chiefly charged to evaluate patents relating to electromagnetic devices. He also learned how to discern the essence of applications despite sometimes poor descriptions, and was taught by the director how "to express [him]self correctly". He occasionally rectified their design errors while evaluating the practicality of their work. His position was made permanent in 1903, though he was passed over for promotion until he had "fully mastered machine technology".
  From 1906 his occupation was Technical Examiner Second Class for Swiss Patent Office, in Zurich.
  From 1908 his occupation was Privatdozent for University, in Bern.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Einstein was licensed in Bern, Switzerland, as a Privatdozent (unsalaried teacher at a university).
  From 1911 his occupation was Associate Professor for University of Zurich, in Zurich.
  
  From 1911 his occupation was Full Professor for German language-section of the Charles University of Prague, in Prague.
  
  Until 1914 his occupation was Full Professor for ETH Zurich, in Zurich.
  From 1912 his occupation was Professor for Local university, in Berlin.
  - Occupation Notes
    - He became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
  From 1914 to 1933 his occupation was Director for Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, in Berlin.
  From 1920 to 1946 his occupation was Extraordinary Professor for University of Leiden.
  - Occupation Notes
    - He regularly gave guest lectures.
  From December 1932 his occupation was Guest Professor for Princeton University.
  - Occupation Notes
    - He took this position after an invitation from the American educator, Abraham Flexner.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Ruppert Einstein
  - b. 1759 d. 1834
  
  Abraham Einstein
  - b.08 Apr 1808 d.21 Nov 1868
  
  Rebecka Obernauer (Einstein)
  - b.22 May 1770 in Laupheim, Germany d.24 Feb 1853
  
  Hermann Einstein
  - b.30 Aug 1847 in Buchau Federsee, Donaukreis, Wuttemberg d.10 Oct 1902 in Milan, Italy
  
  Helene Moos (Einstein)
  - b.03 Jul 1814 d.20 Aug 1887
  
  Albert Einstein
  - b.14 Mar 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany d.18 Apr 1955 in Princeton Hospital, Princeton, New Jersey
  
  Pauline Koch (Einstein)
  - b. 1858 in Canstatt d. 1920 in Berlin, Germany

Albert Einstein

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Ancestor Pedigree Chart