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Born
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Munich
Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Italy
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. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Swiss citizenship
In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Doctor's degree
In 1905 he obtained his doctor's degree. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Privatdozent
During his stay at the Patent Office, and in his spare time, he produced much of his remarkable work and in 1908 he was appointed Privatdozent in Berne. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Professor extraordinary
In 1909 he became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Professor
in 1911 Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague, returning to Zurich in the following year to fill a similar post. (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html) -
Director and German citizen
In 1914 he was appointed Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute and Professor in the University of Berlin. He became a German citizen in 1914 and remained in Berlin -
Theoretical Physics at Princeton
1933 when he renounced his citizenship for political reasons and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton
