Albert Schweitzer biography
Albert Schweitzer history
Albert Schweitzer facts
Albert Schweitzer video clips
Albert Schweitzer photos
Albert Schweitzer story
Albert Schweitzer discography
Albert Schweitzer photographs
Albert Schweitzer bio
Albert Schweitzer info
Albert Schweitzer curious
Albert Schweitzer images
Albert Schweitzer quotes
Albert Schweitzer films
Albert Schweitzer filmography

[h3]Born to a Lutheran pastor, Schweitzer’s relations had, for generations, devoted their lives to religion, music and education. [/h3]

At the age of 21, Schweitzer vowed to devote his life to serving the great mass of humanity.

By 24 Schweitzer was a licensed curate and held a doctorate in philosophy. He worked as a theologian at the University of Strasbourg, publishing a series of influential books on the Gospels.

At the same time he became an expert on Johann Sebastian Bach, writing his biography, and was also an accomplished organist.

In 1905, aware of Africa’s desperate need for medical facilities, Schweitzer started to train as a doctor. When he qualified, eight years later, he left for Lambaréné, Gabon, then a province of French Equatorial Africa. He devoted the rest of his long life to caring for people in that region.

In Africa, he discovered what he termed the “Reverence for Life”, this he thought should be the elementary and universal principle of ethics. From the "will to live" evidenced in all living beings, Schweitzer demonstrated the ethical response for humans - "Reverence for Life". By stressing the interdependence and unity of all life, he was a forerunner of the environmental and animal welfare movements.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Late in life he became a vocal critic of nuclear energy, nuclear testing, and the nuclear arms race between the superpowers. He continued to live at his hospital with his wife, until his death at the age of 90.
Albert Schweitzer biography




Albert Schweitzer biography




Albert Schweitzer biography



Schweitzer, Albert, Christianity and the Religions of the World. (Das Christentum und die Weltreligionen. Bern, Paul Haupt, 1924.) Translated by Joanna Powers. London, Allan & Unwin, 1939.

Schweitzer, Albert, Cultural Philosophy I: The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization. (Kulturphilosophie I: Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur. Bern, Paul Haupt, 1923.) Translated by C.T. Campion. London, A. & C. Black. 2nd ea., 1932.

Schweitzer, Albert, Cultural Philosophy II: Civilization and Ethics. (Kulturphilosophie II: Kultur und Ethik. Bern, Paul Haupt, 1923.) Translated by John Naish. London, A. & C. Black, 1929.

Schweitzer, Albert, Deutsche und französische Orgelbaukunst und Orgelkunst. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1906.

Schweitzer, Albert, From My African Notehook. (Afrikanische Geschichten. Leipzig, Flix Meiner. 1938.) Translated by Mrs. C.E.B. Russell. London, Allen & Unwin, 1938.

Schweitzer, Albert, Goethe: Five Studies, translated by Charles R. Joy. Boston, Beacon Press, 1961.

Schweitzer, Albert, Indian Thought and Its Development. (Die Weltanschanung der indischen Denker: Mystik und Ethik. Munich, C.H. Beck, 1935.) Translated by Mrs. C.E.B. Russell. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936.

Schweitzer, Albert, J.S. Bach, translated [into English] by Ernest Newman. 2 vols. London, A. & C. Black, 1911. (First published in French, J.S. Bach: Le Musicien-poète. Avec la collaboration de M. Hubert Gillot. Paris, Costallat, 1905.)

Schweitzer, Albert, Memoirs of Childhood and Youth. (Aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendzeit. Munich, C. H. Beck, 1924.) Translated by C. T. Campion. London, Allen & Unwin, 1924. New York, Macmillan 1949.

Schweitzer, Albert, More from the Primeval Forest. (Das Urwaldspital zu Lambaréné. Munich, C.H. Beck, 1931.) Translated by C.T. Campion. London, A. & C. Black, 1931.

Schweitzer, Albert, The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle. (Die Mystik des Apostels Paulus. Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1930.) Translated by W. Montgomery. London, A. & C. Black, 1931.

Schweitzer, Albert, On the Edge of the Primeval Forest.(Zwischen Wasser und Urwald. Upsala, Lindblad, 1920.) Translated by C. T. Campion. London, A.& C. Black, 1922.

Schweitzer, Albert, Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography. (Aus meinem Leben und Denken. Leipzig, Felix Meiner, 1931.) Translated by C.T. Campion. New York, Henry Holt, 1933; 1949.

Schweitzer, Albert, Paul and His Interpreters: A CtiticalHistory. (Geschichte der Paulnischen Forschung von der Reformation bis auf die Gegenwart. Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1911.) Translated by W. Montgomery. London, A. & C. Black, 1912.

Schweitzer, Albert, Peace or Atomic War? (Three appeals broadcast from Oslo on April 28, 29 and 30, 1958.) London, A. & C. Black, 1958.

Schweitzer, Albert, The Psychiatric Study of Jesus. (Die psychiattische Beurteilung Jesu: Darstellung und Kritik. Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1913.) Translated by Charles R. Joy. Boston, Beacon Press, 1948.

Schweitzer, Albert, The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede. (von Reimarus zu Wrede: Eine Geschichte der Leben-Jesu-Forschung. Tübingen, J. C. B. Mohr, 1906.) Translated by W. Mongomery. London. A & C. Black, 1910.