Lieserl Einstein (Serbian Cyrillic: Лизерл Ајнштајн) (late January, 1902 – September, 1903?) was the first child of physicist Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić and, according to some sources, died in infancy. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Mileva Marić ( December 19, 1875 &ndash August 4, 1948 Others believe she was adopted by Mileva's friend, Helene Savic (Serbian Cyrillic: Хелене Савић) and lived under the name, "Zorka Savic" (Serbian Cyrillic: Зорка Савић) until the 1990s. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is

Life

Lieserl was (as mentioned in letters exchanged by Albert and Mileva) born in late January/early February in Novi Sad, Serbia. Novi Sad ( Cyrillic: Нови Сад 'nɔviː 'saːd; Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country She was cared for by her mother Mileva in Serbia while Albert worked in Switzerland. Mileva Marić ( December 19, 1875 &ndash August 4, 1948 Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

Lieserl was born before her parents married. Albert's mother did not like Mileva, so the baby was kept secret from Albert's family. From letters exchanged by Albert and Mileva, it is thought that Lieserl stayed with Mileva's family.

Death

Lieserl developed scarlet fever in early 1903. Scarlet fever is a disease caused by an Exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes. The last known mention of Lieserl was on September 19th, 1903 in a letter from Mileva to Albert; the wording is possibly telling him about her death.

Unearthing the letters

Lieserl's existence was unknown to biographers until 1986, when a batch of letters between Albert and Mileva was discovered by their granddaughter. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Discussion of Lieserl by the couple ended in 1903, and she was never again mentioned in their extant correspondence.

Michele Zackheim, in her book on Lieserl, Einstein's Daughter, states that Lieserl was mentally challenged at birth, and that she probably died of scarlet fever as an infant. Scarlet fever is a disease caused by an Exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes. Another possibility, favored by Robert Schulmann of the Einstein Papers Project, is that Lieserl was adopted by Maric's close friend, Helene Savic, and was raised by her. Savic did in fact raise a child by the name of Zorka, who was blind from childhood and died in the 1990s.

In the fictional Time Traveler's Journal by Ed Masessa, Lieserl Einstein is the narrator who discovered a time-traveling rock and had to erase herself from existence.

"Lieserl" is also a character in the science fiction novel "Ring" by Stephen Baxter.

Siblings

Mileva and Albert had two more children in 1904 and 1910, Hans Albert and Eduard. They do not seem to have known of their elder sister's existence.

Eduard

Main article: Eduard Einstein

The couple's younger son, Eduard Einstein (1910–1965), spent most of his life living with Mileva. Eduard Einstein ( 28 July 1910 &ndash 25 October 1965) was born in Zurich, the second son of physicist Albert Einstein Eduard Einstein ( 28 July 1910 &ndash 25 October 1965) was born in Zurich, the second son of physicist Albert Einstein Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1910, he was good at music and languages. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation In 1930 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn Mileva died in 1948 and Eduard spent the remaining 17 years of his life in an asylum in Burghölzli. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is Burghölzli is the common name given for the University of Zurich psychiatric hospital

Hans Albert

Main article: Hans Albert Einstein

Hans Albert was born in 1904 in Bern, Switzerland and became a hydraulic engineer in California, USA. Hans Albert Einstein ( May 14, 1904 &ndash July 26, 1973) was a professor of Hydraulic engineering at the University of The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

References

• Michele Zackheim, Einstein's Daughter: the Search for Lieserl, Riverhead (October 25, 1999), ISBN 1-57322-127-9.
• Baxter, Stephen. Ring, Harper Collins Publishers, 1994, ISBN 0-06-105694-4

External links

• Biography from einstein-website.de