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== Unearthing the letters == |
== Unearthing the letters == |
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Lieserl's existence was unknown to biographers until [[1986]], when a batch of letters between Albert and Mileva was discovered by their granddaughter. Discussion of Lieserl by the couple ended in 1903, and she was never again mentioned in their extant correspondence. |
Lieserl's existence was unknown to biographers until [[1986]], when a batch of letters between Albert and Mileva was discovered by their granddaughter. Discussion of Lieserl by the couple ended in 1903, and she was never again mentioned in their extant correspondence. |
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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. 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. |
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. 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. |
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==Trivia== |
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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. |
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. |
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"Lieserl" is also a character in the science fiction novel "Ring" by Stephen Baxter. |
"Lieserl" is also a character in the science fiction novel "Ring" by Stephen Baxter. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:39, 12 June 2008
Lieserl Einstein | |
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| Born | Lieserl Einstein February 4, 1902 |
| Died | c.1903 |
| Cause of death | Scarlet fever |
| Resting place | Unknown |
| Nationality | Serbia |
| Parent(s) | Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric |
| Relatives | Pauline Koch, Hermann Einstein, Maja Einstein, Hans Albert Einstein and Eduard Einstein. |
| Website | [1] |
| Notes | |
"But look, it has really become a Lieserl, like it was your wish. Is it healthy and does it cry already a lot?"
Albert Einstein in a letter to Mileva Maric shortly after the birth of their daughter on February 4, 1902 | |
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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Life
Lieserl was (as mentioned in letters exchanged by Albert and Mileva) born in late January/early February in Novi Sad, Serbia. She was cared for by her mother Mileva in Serbia while Albert worked in Switzerland.
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. 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.[citation needed]
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. 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. 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.
Trivia
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.
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
