Jost Winteler
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Jost Winteler was a Swiss professor of Greek and history at the Kantonsschule Aarau, a linguist, a "noted" philologist, an ornithologist, a journalist, and a published poet.
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From left to right: Marie, Maja (Winteler's daughter-in-law), Paul, Anna, Jost, Pauline, and Rosa Winteler; photo taken in 1900.
The Alte Kantonsschule Aarau, as seen in 2005.
Winteler's former home, as seen in 2007.
The graduation certificate that Einstein earned at age 17, which displays his final grades from the Aargau Kantonsschule (the scale is 1-6, with 6 being the highest grade possible).
"In this house lived 1895/96 as a cantonal student Albert Einstein 1879-1955 The famous physicist"
The Albert-Einstein-Haus in 1895.Writers from Switzerland 6
About this person
Jost Winteler was a Swiss professor of Greek and history at the Kantonsschule Aarau, a linguist, a "noted" philologist, an ornithologist, a journalist, and a published poet. He served as both a mentor and father figure to a teenage Albert Einstein, who boarded at his home from October 1895 to October 1896, while he attended his final year of secondary school.
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