About Albert Einstein Born 14 March 1879 Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire Died 18 April 1955(aged 76) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. ResidenceGermany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, United States Citizenship *. Kingdom of Württemberg(1879–1896) *. Stateless(1896–1901) *. Switzerland(1901–1955) *. Austria–Hungary(1911–1912) *. German Empire(1914–1918) *. Weimar Republic(1919-March 1933) *. United States(1940–1955) Fields Physics Institutions *.Swiss Patent Office( Bern) *. University of Zurich *. Charles University in Prague *. ETH Zurich *. Caltech *. Prussian Academy of Sciences *. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute *. University of Leiden *. Institute for Advanced Study Alma mater *. ETH Zurich *. University of Zurich Thesis Folgerungen aus den Capillaritatserscheinungen(1901) Doctoral advisor Alfred Kleiner Other academic advisors Heinrich Friedrich Weber Notable students *. Ernst G. Straus *. Nathan Rosen *. Leó Szilárd *. Raziuddin Siddiqui [ 1 ] Known for *. General relativityand special relativity *. Photoelectric effect *. Mass-energy equivalence *. Theory of Brownian Motion *. Einstein field equations *. Bose–Einstein statistics *. Bose-Einstein condensate *. Bose–Einstein correlations *. Unified Field Theory *. EPR paradox Notable awards *. Nobel Prize in Physics(1921) *. Matteucci Medal(1921) *. Copley Medal(1925) *. Max Planck Medal(1929) *. Time Person of the Century(1999) Spouse Mileva Marić(1903–1919) Elsa Löwenthal(1919–1936) Children "Lieserl"(1902-1903?) Hans Albert(1904-1973) Eduard "Tete"(1910-1965)
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