Biography of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein, 1947
Born	March 14, 1879(1879-03-14) Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
Died	April 18, 1955 (aged 76) Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Residence	Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Citizenship	Germany (1879–96, 1914–33) Switzerland (1901–55) United States (1940–55)
Ethnicity	Ashkenazi Jewish
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Swiss Patent Office (Berne) University of Zurich Charles University, Prague Prussian Academy of Sciences Kaiser Wilhelm Institute University of Leiden Institute for Advanced Study
Alma mater	ETH Zurich University of Zurich
Doctoral advisor	Alfred Kleiner
Other academic advisors	Heinrich Friedrich Weber
Known for	General relativity Special relativity Brownian motion Photoelectric effect Mass-energy equivalence Einstein field equations Unified Field Theory Bose–Einstein statistics EPR paradox
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) Copley Medal (1925) Max Planck Medal (1929)
Religious stance	See main text
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