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Albert Schweitzer

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

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Award Received

18 items
Nobel Peace Prize
(1952)
Award Rationale
: 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
Award Rationale
: for sin nestekjærlighet, ærbødighet for livet og sitt utrettelige humanitære arbeid, som har bidratt til å holde ideen om brorskap mellom mennesker og nasjoner levende
Point in Time
: 1952
Prize Money
: 171,135 Swedish krona
Officer of the Legion of Honour
(1950)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Implausibility
Point in Time
: 1950
Honorary Citizen of Frankfurt Am Main
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' And Booksellers' Association
(9/16/1951)
Unnamed
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Point in Time
: 9/16/1951
Goethe Prize
(1928)
Point in Time
: 1928
Pour Le Mérite
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Duplicate Entry
Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
(1932)
Point in Time
: 1932
Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
James Cook Medal
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Honorary Citizen of Pfaffenhoffen
Goethe Medal for Art and Science
Great Gold Medal of the Société D'Encouragement Au Progrès
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
Sonning Prize
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
Honorary Member of the Order of Merit
(2/25/1955)
Point in Time
: 2/25/1955
Knight of the Legion of Honour
(1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
(1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Prince Carl Medal
(1952)
URL
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Point in Time
: 1952

Occupation

10 items
Theologian
Philosopher
Physician
Organist
Physician Writer
University Teacher
Musicologist
Music Historian
Composer
Missionary

Country of Citizenship

German Reich
(1875 - 1920)
Start Time
: 1875
End Time
: 1920
France
(1920 - 1965)
Start Time
: 1920
End Time
: 1965

Place of Death

Lambaréné
Country
:
Gabon

Date of Birth

1/14/1875

Date of Death

9/4/1965

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Kaysersberg
Country
:
German Empire
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Alsace–Lorraine

Given Name

Ludwig
Series Ordinal
:1
Louis
Series Ordinal
:1
Philipp
Series Ordinal
:2
Albert
Series Ordinal
:3

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Швейцер Альберт
Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 Ed.)
Section
:Schweitzer, Albert (1875-1965)
Dictionary of African Biography
URL
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Obálky Knih
URL
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Medvik
URL
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Subject Named As
:Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 8
Page(s)
:554
Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference
Volume
:2

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German
Alsatian
French

Birth Name

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer

Doctoral Advisor

Theobald Ziegler

Image

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Educated At

University of Strasbourg
University of Tübingen
Philosophy Faculty of the German University of Prague

Member Of

Académie Des Sciences Morales Et Politiques
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Order of Saint Lazarus
Schwarzburgbund
German Academy for Language and Literature

Child

Rhena Schweitzer Miller

Family Name

Schweitzer

Nominated For

13 items
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Nobel Peace Prize
(1930)
Point in Time
: 1930
Nobel Peace Prize
(1931)
Point in Time
: 1931
Nobel Peace Prize
(1932)
Point in Time
: 1932
Nobel Peace Prize
(1933)
Point in Time
: 1933
Nobel Peace Prize
(1934)
Point in Time
: 1934
Nobel Peace Prize
(1935)
Point in Time
: 1935
Nobel Peace Prize
(1936)
Point in Time
: 1936
Nobel Peace Prize
(1938)
Point in Time
: 1938
Nobel Peace Prize
(1939)
Point in Time
: 1939
Nobel Peace Prize
(1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Nobel Peace Prize
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Nobel Peace Prize
(1953)
Point in Time
: 1953

Name in Native Language

Albert Schweitzer

Religion or Worldview

Protestantism

Ethnic Group

Germans
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Spouse

Helene Bresslau

Field of Work

Philosophy

Employer

University of Strasbourg

Sex or Gender

Male

Image of Grave

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Place of Burial

Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Lambaréné

Writing Language

French
German

Residence

Strasbourg
Time Period
:
World War I
Gunsbach
( - 3/21/1913)
End Time
: 3/21/1913
Lambaréné
(4/19/1924 - )
Start Time
: 4/19/1924

Archives At

Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Inventory Number
:Nachl. A. Schweitzer dossiers 1 - 42; Nachl. A. Schweitzer sacs 1 - 76; Nachl. A. Schweitzer ERJ 301 - 304, 312 - 315, 401 - 413, 501 - 512, 601 - 610, 701 - 776

Influenced By

Hermann Samuel Reimarus

Relative

Jean-Paul Sartre
Kinship to Subject
:
Cousin

Father

Louis Théophile Schweitzer

Mother

Adèle Schillinger

Depicted By

Albert Schweitzer
Creator
:
Clara Ewald

Record Label

Columbia Records
Philips Records

Notable Work

The Quest of the Historical Jesus

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