Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser
Neisser was born in the Silesian town of Schweidnitz (now Świdnica, in Poland), the son of a well-known Jewish physician, Dr. Moritz Neisser. After he completed the elementary school in Münsterberg, Neisser enrolled in the St. Maria Magdalena School in Breslau (now Wrocław, in Poland). In this school, he was a contemporary of another great name in the history of medicine, Paul Ehrlich. He obtained the Abitur in 1872.
Albert Schneider
Born April 29, 1884, in Washington, D.C., to William Edwin Schneider and Rachael Elizabeth Davis. His father was a well-known inventor in the DC area and the Schneider family was one of the most prominent families in Washington DC during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Schneider’s emigrated from Lauffen am Neckar Baden-Württemberg Germany in 1832 aboard the ship Palemburg.
Albert attended the prestigious Emerson Preparatory School as a youth and would become one of the notable up and coming young architects of the D.C. area when he began practicing.