Einstein's Biography

Albert Einstein was born as the first child of the Jewish couple Hermann and Pauline Einstein nee Koch, in Ulm on March 14, 1879.  Albert was a normal kid. In November 1881 Albert’s sister Maria – called Maja – was born.

A short time later the Einstein family went to Munich where Albert first attended elementary school and subsequently Luitpold grammar school. He was an "average" pupil but he was interested in science and mathematics. He did not like lessons in grammar school because he was forced to learn. When he turned 15, he left school  and followed his family to Milan. He attended school in Aarau (Switzerland) from 1895 to 1896. His ambition was to obtain the diploma of a subject teacher for mathematics and physics. He  finished his studies in July 1900.

He moved to Bern and he worked at the Patent Office. In his leisure time he worked in the area of theoretical physics. In 1905 he published several of his important scientific works.

In 1903 he married  Mileva Maric. One year later Einstein’s first son, Hans Albert, was born and his second son Eduard followed in 1910. In 1909. He became professor for theoretical physics at the University of Zurich. After that time he was a professor in Prague and then again in Zurich. In 1914 Einstein moved to Berlin to work there scientifically. In the same year World War I broke out.