- Hermann Einstein
Hermann Einstein (
August 30 ,1847 –October 10 ,1902 ) was the father ofAlbert Einstein .Infobox Person
name = Hermann Einstein
caption = Hermann Einstein
birth_date = Birth date|1847|8|30
birth_place =Buchau ,Wuerttemberg
death_date = Death date and age|1902|10|10|1847|8|30
death_place =Milan ,Italy
nationality = Flag|Germany (1847-1894)
Flag|Italy (1894-1902)
occupation = Scientific utility salesman, Electrician
spouse =Pauline Koch
parents = Abraham Einstein and Helene Moos
children =Albert Einstein andMaja Einstein
Grandchildren =Hans Albert Einstein andEduard Einstein Early life
Hermann Einstein (also known as Hermann Moos) was born in
Buchau ,Wuerttemberg and had three brothers (August Ignaz, Heinrich and Jakob) and two sisters (Jette and Friederike). [http://www.einstein-website.de/biographies/print/p_hermann.html http://www.einstein-website.de/biographies/print/p_hermann.html] His parents Abraham Einstein (1808–1868) and Helene Moos (1814–1887) had married in Buchau in April 1839. The family was Jewish.At the age of 14 Hermann attended the secondary school in the regional capitalStuttgart and was academically successful. He had a strong affection formathematics and would have liked to study in this or a related area. But as the financial situation of the family opposed further education, he decided to become a merchant and began an apprenticeship in Stuttgart.Pauline
Hermann married 18-year-old
Pauline Koch inCannstatt ,Wuerttemberg on August 8, 1876. [Pauline Koch , Wikipedia page] After their wedding, the young couple lived inUlm , where Hermann became joint partner in the bed feathers shop of his cousins Moses and Hermann Levi. InUlm their son Albert was born on March 14, 1879. On the initiative of Hermann’s brother Jakob, the family moved to Munich in the summer of 1880. There the two brothers founded the electrical engineering company "Einstein & Cie", with Hermann being the merchant and Jakob the technician. The second child of Hermann and Pauline, their daughter Maria (called Maja) was born inMunich on November 18, 1881Work
The two brothers moved their company to
Pavia ,Italy in 1894. Hermann, Pauline and Maja moved to Milan in the same year and one year later moved toPavia . Albert stayed with relatives in Munich to continue his education there.Due to poor business, Hermann and Jakob had to abandon their factory in 1896. Though Hermann had lost most of their money, he founded another electrical engineering company inMilan , this time without his brother. He was supported financially by his relatives in this venture. Though business was better this time, Hermann was preoccupied with “worries due to the vexatious money”.Death
Hermann's health deteriorated after 1900 and he died very painfully of heart failure in 1902, aged 55.
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External links
[http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/camilla/links-data+c-einstein329+1-1-0-1] [http://www.einstein-website.de/biographies/print/p_hermann.html Print - Short life history Hermann Einstein ] at www.einstein-website.de [http://familytrees.genopro.com/mell/einstein/default.htm?page=Einstein-Hermann-ind00003.htm My Ancestors and Relatives ] at familytrees.genopro.com
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