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Gerold von Gleich (1869–1938) was a German army officer, who served in both the German Imperial Army and the Ottoman Army during World War I, and wrote a memoir of his military career. After the war, he became a distinguished scientist in the field of theoretical physics and contributed significantly to contemporary debates on relativity.
Gerold von Gleich was born on 17 March 1869 in Ludwigsburg, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, in the German Empire. His father, Alarich von Gleich, was an army officer, who later attained the rank of Generalleutnant. He attended the Gymnasium in Ulm (1876–83).