EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955)

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. T.L.S., A. Einstein, one page, 4to, Princeton, New Jersey, 11th January 1934, to Dr. Arthur Beer, in German. Einstein informs his correspondent that there is hope of finding him employment at a local observatory, and suggests that he sends some of his publications, with a short covering letter, to Professor Dugan of the American Astronomical Society in Princeton, remarking that 'The ones you sent to me have stayed in Europe, so I can't get them over quickly'. Lightly laid down, causing some minor staining to the right edge, and with several file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, G Arthur Beer (1900-1980) German astronomer. Owing to the Nazi persecution of Jewish scientists in Germany, Beer sought the help of Einstein to find work overseas, evidently at one stage considering America. The astronomer eventually emigrated to England and found employment at Cambridge University, to whom Einstein had written a letter of testimonial for Beer, explaining that 'This man has now lost, with brutal consequence, all possibilities, even the smallest ones, to earn his living, so now he has become without subsistence, and is literally forced to be a beggar'. Raymond Smith Dugan (1878-1940) American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets who was employed at Princeton University from 1905.