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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879.
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Six weeks after birth his family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold
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Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics.
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In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he obtained his doctor’s degree.
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He married Mileva Maric in 1903
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In 1905 he obtained his doctor’s degree.
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In 1909 he became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich
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in 1916 he published his paper on the general theory of relativity
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married Elsa Einstein 1919
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He gained numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925
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his wife Mileva Maric died December 20th 1936
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He became a United States citizen in 1940
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retired from his post in 1945.
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Died: 18 April 1955, Princeton, NJ, USA
