Historical place archive

Princeton in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Princeton in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels1 people1921–1932

Historical events in Princeton

1921

1921
Princeton Stafford Little Lectures
Albert Einstein · Physics

Delivers four Stafford Little Lectures explaining special and general relativity.

1922

1922
The Meaning of Relativity
Albert Einstein · Physics

The Meaning of Relativity is published from the four lectures Einstein delivered at Princeton in May 1921.

1927

1927
Princeton Research Professorship Invitation
Albert Einstein · Physics

Receives an invitation to accept a research professorship at Princeton University.

1932

1932
Institute for Advanced Study Appointment
Albert Einstein · Physics

Accepts appointment to the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study.

Provenance

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