686 INDEX Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) (cont.) plans for: 510-512, financial conse- quences of, 512 official proposal for, 526-528 official notification of, 569 pleased with, 537 uneasiness about, 582n procedure of, 529n, 534n, 569n salary: 529n, Leopold Koppel's finan- cial support of, 581n Swiss Patent Office: appointment at, 6n comments on Director Friedrich Haller, 22 comments on work at, 6, 81n Mileva Einstein-Marid's com- ments on AE's work at, 7n position at, 34 promotion to Technical Expert sec- ond class at, 38 promotion to Technical Expert third class at, 29, 29n resignation from, 201 salary at, 7n, 29, 39 University of Bern: Habilitation at: 105, failed attempts at, 11, 12, 18n, 48, 48n, Paul Gruner's role in, 96, Alfred Kleiner's comments on procedure for, 95, Alfred Kleiner's role in, 97, topic of Habilitationsschrift, 96 inaugural lecture at, 105, 105n lectures in sum- mer semester 1908, 99n, 189n lectures in winter semester 1908/1909, 160n request for withdrawal from, 203 University of Geneva: honorary doctorate at, 202 University of Leyden, candidacy for H. A. Lorentz's chair at: 366n, 409 dismay at, 411, 509 refusal of, 411, 421, 480 University of Prague: appointment to chair at: announcement of, 264, can- didacy for, 243, conditions of, 255-256, 272, 283, difficulties involved in, 247n, 253, Friedrich Adler on candidacy for, 254n, official notifi- cation of, 266, offer of, 255, reasons for acceptance of, 274n, recommenda- tion for, 239n, 244n, role of religious affiliation in, 254n, 266n, trip to Vienna to discuss conditions of, 257n, uncertainty about, 265 assisted by Emil Nohel at, 333n attempts to retain AE at, 433n comments on conditions at, 347, 433 comments on students at, 404, 433 comments on work at, 293, 295, 308 lectures in summer semester 1911, 294n lectures in winter semester 1911/1912, 350n lectures in summer semester 1912, 481n library budget at, 305 petition for release from position at, 402 quarters at, 291n reasons for leaving, 499, 500n satisfaction with work conditions at, 499 takes oath of office at, 314 University of Utrecht, candidacy for chair at: asks more information, 327 considers offer, 325, 327 declines offer, 312n, 347, 349 financial condi- tions, 329 discussion with H. A. Lorentz in Brussels on, 348n, 364 H. A. Lorentz's regret about AE's refusal of, 363, 364n H. A. Lorentz's role in 351n, 354, 356 invitation for, 311, 323 misunderstanding of H. A. Lorentz's opinion on: 348n, apologies for, 358 official recommendation for, 340n postpones decision on, 336, 340 visit to W. H. Julius on: 345, 346, AE's comments on, 347 W. H. Julius's reac- tion to AE's refusal, 315, 354 W. H. Julius's request for reply, 333 University of Vienna: possible posi- tion at, 372n, 399n, 480 University of Zurich: appointment to chair at: Wilhelm Fiedler's congrat- ulations on, 182, Jakob Laub's congratulations on, 184, procedure of, 190n, terms of, 181n, candidacy for chair at: 131, 169, Alfred Kleiner's support of, 94n, 96n, 159n, 160n, 188 comments on activities at, 224, 226, 227 comments on lecturing at, 218, 238 course on kinetic theory of heat at, 223n, 231 inaugural lecture at, 224n lack of influence at, 546 lectures in winter semester 1909/1910, 211n lec- tures in summer semester 1910, 239n lectures in winter semester 1910/1911, 258n physics seminar in winter semes- ter 1910/1911, 259n resignation from chair at: 274, Alfred Kleiner's reaction on, 275n, procedure of, 275n resolve to stay at, 261n salary raise at, 244n