Bernhard Caesar Einstein
Bernhard Caesar Einstein | |
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ETH Zürich, Switzerland | |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouses | Doris Aude Ascher Doris Schweitzer |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Hans Albert Einstein Frieda Knecht |
Relatives | Albert Einstein (paternal grandfather) Mileva Marić (paternal grandmother) |
Family | Einstein |
Bernhard Caesar Einstein (10 July 1930 – 30 September 2008) was a Swiss-American engineer, the son of Hans Albert Einstein.[1][2][3] Of the three known biological grandchildren of Albert Einstein,[4] all sons of Hans, he was the only one to survive childhood.
After attending
Early life and family
Bernhard Einstein was the son of Hans Albert Einstein and Frieda Einstein (née Knecht), who had married in 1927 in Switzerland. He was born on 10 July 1930 in Dortmund, Germany, where Hans Albert was involved in a bridge building project. Hans Albert was the only one of Albert Einstein's three children to marry and have children.
Bernhard spent his early years in Switzerland until the age of eight, when his family moved to
Bernhard first met his grandfather Albert when he was two years old. As a boy, he travelled alone to spend time with Albert in New Jersey, and at Saranac Lake in upstate New York. Albert Einstein died in April 1955. Having shared his love of music with his grandson, he bestowed upon Bernhard his violin in addition to a modest sum of money.[citation needed]
In 1954, Bernhard married Doris Aude Ascher (born 1930), with whom he had five children:[5]
- Thomas Martin Einstein (born 1955 in Switzerland)[6]
- Paul Michael Einstein (born 1959 in Switzerland)
- Eduard Albert "Ted" Einstein (born 1961 in Dallas, Texas)
- Mira Einstein-Yehieli (born 1965 in the US)
- Charles Quincy Ascher "Charly" Einstein (born 1971 in the US)
Education and career
Einstein excelled only in German at the University of California at Berkeley. He enlisted in the
When he obtained his diploma at ETH, Einstein returned to the United States and worked as an engineer for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas.
Einstein then moved to California and worked at Litton Industries in the San Francisco Bay Area. His area of expertise was electron tube technology, and specifically light amplification devices for night vision. He filed and obtained four U.S. patents related to light amplification technology while he worked for Litton Industries. In 1974, Bernard moved back to Switzerland and worked in laser technology at the Swiss Army Research Lab in Thun, obtaining a further US patent.
References
- ^ SSDI
- ^ a b Zackheim, Michele (February 12, 2008). "Einstein — Children of a Lesser God: For the Offspring of a Science Deity, the Legacy Is More Burden Than Blessing". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "Short life history: Hans Albert Einstein". www.einstein-website.de. Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ Kirby, Terry (8 November 2005). "Grandson tells of life with Einstein". The Independent. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009.
- ISBN 0-691-02696-3.
- ^ Biography – Thomas Einstein, M.D., Anesthesiologist. www.ezinearticles.com website, retrieved 2009-07-* Physical Review – PHYS REV X, vol. 150, no. 2, pp. 619–631, 1966