Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was a theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, inventor, and pedagogue. Born in Ulm to Hermann Einstein, he was a native German speaker who also used English. He was educated at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, where his doctoral advisors included Alfred Kleiner, Heinrich Burkhardt, and Heinrich Friedrich Weber. He was also a student of Heinrich Friedrich Weber and Hermann Minkowski.

Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Prix Jules Janssen. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the American Philosophical Society. His works include *Collected writings (1901-1956)* and *L'éther et le théorie de la relativité*. He died in Princeton and is archived at the Swiss Literary Archives, Albert Einstein Archives, and Regenstein Library.