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Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer

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French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)

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Albert Schweitzer was a theologian, philosopher, physician, and organist born Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer in Kaysersberg in 1875. He held citizenship in the German Reich and France and was educated at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Tübingen under doctoral advisor Theobald Ziegler. Schweitzer was a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. He was married to Helene Bresslau and had a child named Rhena Schweitzer Miller.

He received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, and the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt. Schweitzer was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His notable works include *Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur*, *Lambarene*, *Goethe, der Mensch und das Werk*, *The present nuclear crisis in the world*, and *Ma vie et ma pensée*. He died in Lambaréné in 1965.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1875
Died
1965
Works
369

Top works

  • Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur
  • Lambarene
  • Goethe, der Mensch und das Werk
  • The present nuclear crisis in the world
  • Ma vie et ma pensée

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Film & TV

Known for

  • Albert Schweitzer - The Man Behind the Myth — Self (archive) - subject2025
  • Africa and Schweitzer — Himself1961
  • Albert Schweitzer — Self (archive footage)1957
  • Reverence for Life1952
  • Lamp Unto My Feet — Self (archive footage)1948

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1875
Active to
1965

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,205
Total plays
12,209

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organClassicalbaroquegermanHardTechno

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Albert Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg, Alsace, the son of a Lutheran pastor. He attended high school in Mulhausen (Mulhouse), Alsace. From 1893 to 1899 he studied Philosophy and Protestant theology, first at the University of Strassburg (Strasbourg), then at the universities of Berlin, Paris, and University of Tübingen, where he completed his doctoral degree and published his Ph.D. in 1899. In 1900 he became pastor of the Church of St. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Schweitzer">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize1952

    “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Albert
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Kaysersberg
Place of death
Lambaréné
Spouse
Helene Bresslau
Child
Rhena Schweitzer Miller
Occupation
missionary
Employer
University of Strasbourg
Languages spoken
French
Award
Prince Carl Medal
Doctoral advisor
Theobald Ziegler
Field of work
philosophy
Record label
Philips Records
Image
Photos du Dr Albert Shweitzer.jpg
Residence
Lambaréné
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Commons category
Albert Schweitzer
date of birth
1875-01-14
date of death
1965-09-04
birth name
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
member of
German Academy for Language and Literature
nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
name in native language
Albert Schweitzer
Commons Creator page
Albert Schweitzer
ethnic group
Germans
place of burial
Albert Schweitzer Hospital
writing language
German
influenced by
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
relative
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Albert Schweitzer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Artwork

Untitled

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Encyclopedic overview

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer ( German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpretation of Pauline Christianity concern the role of Paul's mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary and the doctrine of justification by faith as secondary.

He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life". His philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon). As a music scholar and organist, he studied the music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and influenced the Organ Reform Movement (Orgelbewegung).

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