Timeline

Apr 18 Passed away in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 76.

Signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Left Germany due to the rise of the Nazi regime.

Settled in the U.S. and joined Princeton University.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.

Completed the General Theory of Relativity.

Published four groundbreaking papers, including the special theory of relativity and the famous equation.

Studied at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich from 1896 to 1900. The school is now called the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich).

Mar 14 Born in Ulm Germany.