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Albert Einstein collection

1896-1952

https://search.library.brandeis.edu/permalink/f/1m9omvt/BRAND_ALMA21224350080001921

The materials in this collection were created from 1896 through 1952. The majority is personal and professional correspondence to or from Albert Einstein, including a large number from Einstein to American Jewish leader Stephen Wise. There are also several correspondence from prominent scientists such as Fritz Haber, Paul Habicht, Hendrik Lorentz, Max Planck and Wilhelm Conrad Rötgen, and two items from German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann. In most cases, the correspondence are original signed copies. In addition to correspondence, there are a small number of other items such as cancelled checks signed by Einstein, photographs, autograph books, translated quotations, a handwritten and signed speech, and text from a possible manuscript.

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Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941

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Louis Brandeis (b. November 13, 1856, Louisville, Kentucky – d. October 5, 1941, Washington D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1916 until 1939. Brandeis was the Court’s 67th justice and its first Jewish-American justice. He was the son of immigrants from Bohemia, who came to Kentucky from Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. He received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1877, and before becoming a judge, served as a lawyer at Warren & B...

Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934

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German chemist; major affiliations include: Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 1903-1911; Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1911-1933; and Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Berlin, Germany, 1911-1933. From the description of Haber-Willstädter collection, 1910-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122591256 Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) on December 9, 1868, Haber was a chemist, professor of chemistry at the Karl...

Muther, Richard, 1860-1909

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Einstein-Marić, Mileva, 1875-1948

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Planck, Max, 1858-1947

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Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923

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Habicht, Paul.

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Lorentz, H.A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928

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Physicist (electrons, quantum physics, electro-magnetism). On the physics faculty at Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden (1878-1923); director, Teylers Stichting, Haarlem (1912-1923); and lecturer at California Institute of Technology (1921, 1922, 1924, and 1926). From the description of Letters to Woldemar Voigt, 1883-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80284634 Physicist (electrons, quantum physics, electro-magnetism). On the physics faculty at Rijksunivesiteit te leiden (1878-19...

Einstein, Elsa, 1876-1936

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Epithet: née Löwenthal wife of Albert Einstein British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000e6 ...

Dukas, Helen.

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Einstein, Maja.

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

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Margarete Hauptmann was the second wife of Gerhart Hauptmann; they married in 1904. Maxa Mück was a friend of Margarete Hauptmann's. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1911-1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863425 Author. From the description of Letter of Gerhart Hauptmann, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450807 ...

Wise, Louise Waterman

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...