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had to do this kind of assistant work before

any school could make him a professor.
The ambitious scientist finally earned his

professorship in mid 1909, at which time he
said goodbye to his job as a patent clerk.

He became an “associate professor” of
theoretical physics, which was a new position

created specifically for him at the University
of Zurich.

This new job was a big step up from his
privatdozent position in Bern, but it was not

The University of
Zurich, where
Albert got a job
as a professor.

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