Albert Schweitzer
14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965
Albert Schweitzer was an Alsatian-German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He founded and sustained a hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his philosophy of Reverence for Life.
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Life events
Born in Alsace, then part of the German Empire.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReleased his influential work of New Testament theology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted medical studies at the University of Strasbourg to become a missionary doctor.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEstablished a hospital in French Equatorial Africa (present-day Gabon).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgArticulated his ethical principle of Reverence for Life, central to his thought.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReleased his widely read autobiography.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work and philosophy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at his hospital compound in Gabon at age 90.
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