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Schweitzer, Albert: Life
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Albert Schweitzer was born on 14th January 1875 at Kaysersberg in Upper Alsace, Germany, a region that is now part of France. Louis Schweitzer, Albert’s father, was pastor to a Lutheran congregation at Kaysersberg, a Protestant church located in a predominantly Catholic place. Schweitzer, by his own admission, enjoyed a happy childhood. He demonstrated an aptitude for music from the age of five. Schweitzer studied under some of Europe’s premier organists and became an authority on the life and music of J.S.Bach. Schweitzer’s passion for organ music paralleled his fascination with theology.
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Throughout his life Albert Schweitzer always searched for the truth, working for peace, freedom and humanity. He always strived to help people in danger. He warned the world about the madness of the arms race and the dangers of nuclear war.
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Albert Schweitzer was a medical doctor, humanitarian, musician, theologian and teacher. At the age of 30, aware of the desperate need of Africans for medical care, he decided to become a medical doctor and devote the rest of his life to serving the people of Africa. Schweitzer said "Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.
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In 1958, while filming John Huston's dramatic adventure The Roots of Heaven in Africa, Albert met legendary humanitarian and philosopher Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Inspired by Schweitzer, Albert adopted a similar philanthropic attitude and actively pursued what would become a lifelong crusade to raise awareness about pollution and pesticides.
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Lively personal and pictorial introductions to Schweitzer are Erica Anderson, Albert Schweitzer's Gift of Friendship (1964) and The Schweitzer Album: A Portrait in Words and Pictures (1965). Two general, readable studies of Schweitzer are Dr. Joseph F. Montague, The Why of Albert Schweitzer (1965), which includes a bibliography of Schweitzer's writings, and Magnus Ratter, Schweitzer - Ninety Years Wise (1964). Also consult Hermann Hagedorn, The Prophet in the Wilderness (1947; rev. ed. 1962); Erica Anderson, The World of Albert Schweitzer (1955); Robert Payne, The Three Worlds of Albert Schweitzer (1957); and Werner Picht, The Life and Thought of Albert Schweitzer (trans. 1964).
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Albert Schweitzer spent most of his life in Lambaréné in what is now Gabon, Africa. After his medical studies in 1913, he went there with his wife to establish a hospital near an already existing mission post.
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