OS Albert Einstein was born in UIm, Germany in 1879. In his early childhood he was slow to learn to talk and did not seem to be very bright but by the time he was 14, he had taught himself advanced mathematics from textbooks. After his graduation from a technical school in Switzer land he went to work first as a teacher, then in a government officeSuggestions for pre-reading Qs Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879. In his early childhood he was slow to learn to talk and did not seem to be very bright. But by the time he was 14, he had taught himself advanced mathematics from textbooks. After his graduation from a technical school in Switzerland, he went to work first as a teacher, then in a government office