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Michele Besso. ( 1873-05-25) 25 May 1873. Died. 15 March 1955. (1955-03-15) (aged 81) Michele Angelo Besso ( Riesbach, 25 May 1873 – Geneva, 15 March 1955) was a Swiss-Italian engineer [1] best known for working closely with Albert Einstein .
- Michele Besso, 25 May 1873
- 15 March 1955 (aged 81)
Sold for: £52,500 12 July 2017 at Christie’s in London, King Street. Michele Besso died in March 1955, and the very last letter in the correspondence is written to members of Besso’s family a few days later, and just weeks before Einstein’s own death at the age of 76.
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Jun 23, 2017 · In any case, his shortcomings as a husband was very much on Einstein’s mind in 1955, when he wrote the final letter in the correspondence, dated March 21, 1955, shortly after Michele Besso’s ...
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Nov 24, 2021 · The initial estimate by Christie’s said that the documents were worth $2.2 to $3.4 million, which would still be a record for handwritten Einstein papers. A previous record for Einstein...
The warmth and openness of their friendship were captured in Einstein’s letters to Besso. Besso was born into an Italian-Jewish family in May 1873 in Zurich. He was an engineer, but he had a philosophical fascination with physics. Besso grew up in Italy and was brilliant in mathematics, although at 16, he was suspended from school when he ...
Nov 23, 2021 · Auction house Christie's had estimated the value of the manuscript, which was co-authored by Michele Besso, at between £1.7m ($2.3m) and £2.5m ($3.4m).
Dec 1, 1972 · article heralds Paris pub of book Albert Einstein et Michele Besso, Correspondance 1903-1955, containing lrs between Einstein and lifelong friend, mirroring Einstein's philosophical and scientific ...
