Mileva Marić
First wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mileva Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милева Марић, pronounced [milěːva mǎːritɕ]; 19 December 1875 – 4 August 1948), sometimes called Mileva Marić-Einstein (Милева Марић-Ајнштајн, Mileva Marić-Ajnštajn), was a Serbian physicist, mathematician, and the first wife of Albert Einstein from 1903 to 1919. She was the only woman among Einstein's fellow students at Zürich Polytechnic. Marić and Einstein were study colleagues and lovers, and had a daughter Lieserl in 1902, who likely died of scarlet fever at one and a half years old. They later had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard.
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| Born | Mileva Marić (1875-12-19)19 December 1875 |
| Died | 4 August 1948(1948-08-04) (aged 72) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Friedhof Nordheim, Zürich |
| Nationality | Serbian |
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They separated in 1914, with Marić taking the boys and returning to Zürich from Berlin. They divorced in 1919. When Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921, he transferred the money to Marić, chiefly to support their sons; she had access to the interest. In 1930, their second son Eduard had a breakdown at about age 20 and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It is unknown if and to what extent Marić contributed to Albert Einstein's early work, and to the Annus Mirabilis Papers in particular.