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Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), Alsatian musician philosopher and doctor, winner of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize
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{i} (1875-1965) 20th century Alsatian-born German theologian and writer (as well as doctor, missionary and musician), winner of the Nobel peace prize in 1952
a German doctor who went to Africa as a Christian missionary and started a hospital in 1913 in Gabon, where he worked until his death, especially treating people who were suffering from leprosy. He was also a musician and a philosopher, and he was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 (1875-1965). born Jan. 14, 1875, Kaysersberg, Upper Alsace, Ger. died Sept. 4, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon Alsatian-born German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor. In his early years he obtained a degree in philosophy (1899) and became an accomplished organist. In his biography of Johann Sebastian Bach (2 vol., 1905), he viewed Bach as a religious mystic. He also wrote on organ construction and produced an edition of Bach's organ works. His books on religion include several on St. Paul; his Quest of the Historical Jesus (1910) became widely influential. In 1905 he announced he would become a mission doctor and devote himself to philanthropic work. He and his wife moved in 1913 to Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon) and with locals built a hospital on the banks of the Ogooué River, to which they later added a leper colony. In 1952 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of "the Brotherhood of Nations." Two years before his death, his hospital and leper colony were serving 500 patients. His philosophical books discuss his famous principle of "reverence for life
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Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), médecin, théologien, philosophe et musicologue français, lauréat du prix Goethe en 1928 et du prix Nobel de la Paix en 1952
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