Mileva Marić
Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein
Mileva Marić (1875-1948) was a Serbian physicist. She was one of the first women to study physics. She was Albert Einstein's first wife. They were married from 1902 to 1919. They had a daughter, Lieserl, born in 1902, and two sons, Hans-Albert and Eduard.
Mileva Marić Милева Марић | |
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 Mileva Marić 1896 | |
| Born | December 19, 1875 |
| Died | August 4, 1948 (aged 72) |
| Resting place | Friedhof Nordheim, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Other names | Mileva Marić-Einstein, Mileva Marić-Ajnštajn |
| Alma mater | Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum (known today as the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Spouse(s) | Albert Einstein (m. 1903; div. 1919) |
| Children | Lieserl Einstein Hans Albert Einstein Eduard "Tete" Einstein |
| Parent(s) | Miloš Marić Marija Ružić-Marić |
Marić and Einstein separated in 1914. Marić took the boys and returned to Zurich from Berlin. They divorced in 1919. That same year Einstein married again. When he won the Nobel Prize in 1921, he gave the money to Marić to support their sons. She could use the interest earned by the prize money.