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ALBERT SCHWEITZER IN BRIEF
1875 Albert Schweitzer was born in 1875 in Kaysersberg, in the northern, then
German Elzas, nowadays the French Haut-Rhin-region
1893 He studied philosophy and theology at the Universities of Strasbourg,
Berlin and Paris. He also studies music in Paris with Charles-Marie Widor
1900 Assistant pastor in the St Nicolai church in Strasbourg
1901 Head of the Theological Seminary in Strasbourg
1905-1913 Schweitzer studies medicine and surgery
1913 Departs to take up a post as doctor in Lambaréné in Gabon, Africa
1917 Interns in France
1918 Medical assistant and assistant pastor in Strasbourg - St Nicolai church
1919 First major reading on “Culture and Ethics”, at the University of Uppsala in
Sweden
1924 Returns to Lambaréné and rebuilds the hospital; visits Europe regularly to
deliver lectures
1939-1948 Lambaréné
1949 First visit to the United States of America
1952 Receives the Nobel Peace Price and uses the financial grant to build a
separate village for sufferers of leprosy, the 'Village de Lumière', Village
of the Light
1965 Albert Schweitzer died on 4 September 1965 in Lambaréné
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