Albert Einstein
a world -famous scientist, philosopher, physicist - born 14th March 1879 in Ulm, Germany - grew up in Munich, attended Luitpold Grammar School, interested in Maths and Science, played the violin - at 15 left school, went to Milan, ambition to be a Maths or Physics teacher - finished university in Zurich 1n 1900 - in 1901 got a job in the Swiss Patent Office - worked on maths problems in spare time - in 1905 published scientific theories including "Special Theory of Relativity" - the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 - published over 400 scientific works, gave lectures in Europe and America - died 18th April 1955 at 76
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