Albert Einstein was born after the discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Albert Einstein -LRB- -LSB- anstan -RSB- -LSB- albt antan -RSB- ; 14 March 1879 -- 18 April 1955 -RRB- was a German-born theoretical physicist .	theoretical physicist	theoretical physicist
He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics `` for his services to theoretical physics , and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect '' , a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory .	Physics	Physics	Nobel Prize in Physics	Nobel Prize in Physics	photoelectric effect	photoelectric effect	quantum theory	Introduction to quantum mechanics
