Alfred Kleiner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Kleiner

Swiss physicist (1849-1916)

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1849

Place of Birth: Maschwanden, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 03-Jul-1916

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alfred Kleiner (April 24, 1849 – July 3, 1916) was a Swiss physicist and Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Zurich.
He was Albert Einstein's doctoral advisor or Doktorvater.
Initially Einstein's advisor was Heinrich F.
Weber.
However, they had a major falling out, and Einstein chose to switch to Kleiner.