Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. To mark the anniversary of his birth, Israel's Hebrew University of Jerusalem has launched an expanded Einstein Archives Online site with more than 80,000 documents. Over half of that trove features Einstein's personal papers. Another 30,000 additional Einstein and Einstein-related documents in the collection were discovered since the 1980s.

Previously, just 900 images of Einstein documents -- about half of the catalog -- had made its way online. The updated archive now includes material documenting Einstein's personal and professional life up to 1921.

The connection between Einstein and Hebrew University dates back to the university's founding in 1918. Einstein bequeathed all of his writings as well as the rights to the use of his image to the institution.