Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein 
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German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
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Date of birth14 March 1879
Ulm
Date of death18 April 1955
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  • Hermann Einstein
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  • Pauline Koch
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  • Hans Albert Einstein
  • Eduard Einstein
  • Lieserl Einstein
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  • Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1920)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1921, 121,573 Swedish krona, 1921 in science)
  • Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926)
  • Prix Jules Janssen (1931)
  • Matteucci Medal (1921)
  • Max Planck Medal (1929)
  • Franklin Medal (1935)
  • Copley Medal (1925)
  • Order of Merit for Arts and Science
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal
  • Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1934)
  • New Jersey Hall of Fame
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Geneva
  • honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1949)
  • Honorary doctor of the Princeton University
  • Pour le Mérite
  • honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1923)
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