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A biography of Albert Einstein is presented. He was born on March 14, 1879 in Germany and received his first instructions at home at the age of five. He then enrolled at Volkschule public school where he consistently got excellent grades. He then studied at the Federal Institute of Technology in Italy. He gained his doctorate degree at the University of Zurich. It is stated that his papers on the theory of relativity nearly revolutionized and changed the world. He died on April 18, 1955.