history of Albert Einstein By klxvr 1879 born 1894 dropped out of school 1896 renounced his German citizenship 1901 became a Swiss citizen 1905 created articles 1909 worked at a patent office 1913 became academy post at the university Zurish 1915 published theory relativity 1919 solar eclipse experiment 1921 won a nobel prize for his work on photoelectric effect 1932 emigrated to united states 1936 his wife dIied 1938 einsteins theories helped the atomic bomb 1939 wrote to the current president for funding development of uranium 1940 became a us citizen but retained his Swiss citizenship