Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. His parents, Hermann and Paulina, were secular Jews and moved the family to Switzerland in 1895. The German Empire was not friendly to ...

Albert Einstein was a German mathematician and physicist. He was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. His parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline (nee Koch) Einstein.

Albert's dad, Hermann, worked with electrical equipment. Albert's mom, Pauline, loved music and was a talented pianist. His little sister and lifelong friend, Maja, was two years younger.

Einstein's father, Hermann, ran an electrochemical factory and his mother Pauline took care of Albert and his younger sister, ... Albert Einstein aged 14 (Image credit: Getty Images) ...

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, on this day in history, March 14, 1879. He was just 26 years old when he proposed his groundbreaking theory of relativity.

Their fathers, Hermann and Jakob Einstein, had run a business together in Munich in the 1880s. They provided electrification to beer halls, town squares and cafes.