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Hans Albert Einstein

1904 - 1973

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Hans Albert Einstein (May 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973) was a Swiss-American engineer, the second child and first son of physicists Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić. He was a long-time professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Einstein was widely recognized for his research on sediment transport. To honor his outstanding achievement in hydraulic engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers established the "Hans Albert Einstein Award" in 1988 and the annual award is given to those who have made significant contributions to the field. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Albert Einstein is the 26th most popular engineer (down from 20th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Engineer.

Hans Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity.

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Among engineers, Hans Albert Einstein ranks 26 out of 389. Before him are Jack Kilby, Andrei Tupolev, Artem Mikoyan, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Banū Mūsā, and Leslie Groves. After him are August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, Bassel al-Assad, Hermann Oberth, Jiro Horikoshi, and Philo of Byzantium.

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Among people born in 1904, Hans Albert Einstein ranks 28. Before him are Karl Brandt, Odilo Globočnik, René Lacoste, John Hicks, Joan Crawford, and Ernst Mayr. After him are Werner Forssmann, Alejo Carpentier, Gerhard Herzberg, Hans Morgenthau, Witold Gombrowicz, and Glenn Miller. Among people deceased in 1973, Hans Albert Einstein ranks 39. Before him are Gabriel Marcel, Walter Rudolf Hess, Víctor Jara, Ingeborg Bachmann, Gerard Kuiper, and Jacques Maritain. After him are Lon Chaney Jr., Amílcar Cabral, Maurice René Fréchet, Frank Costello, Luis Carrero Blanco, and Dickinson W. Richards.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hans Albert Einstein ranks 69 out of 1,015. Before him are Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Werner Arber (1929), Hans Küng (1928), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Gabriel Cramer (1704), and Emil Jannings (1884). After him are Max Frisch (1911), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Siegfried Wagner (1869), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Domenico Fontana (1543), and Clay Regazzoni (1939).

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Among ENGINEERS In Switzerland

Among engineers born in Switzerland, Hans Albert Einstein ranks 1. After him are Michele Besso (1873), Robert Maillart (1872), Pierre Cérésole (1879), and Othmar Ammann (1879).

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