Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, OM, (January 14, 1875 - September 4, 1965) was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaysersberg, Upper-Alsace, Germany (now Haut-Rhin département, France). He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.

Later life

From 1939-1948 he stayed in Lambaréné, unable to go back to a Europe in war. Three years after the end of World War II, in 1948, he returned for the first time to Europe and kept travelling back and forth (and once to the USA) as long as he could until his death in 1965.

Related Topics:
1939 - 1948 - World War II

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From 1952 until his death he fought together with Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell against nuclear tests and bombs. In 1957 and 1958 he held four speeches over Radio Oslo which were published in Peace or Atomic War.

Related Topics:
Albert Einstein - Bertrand Russell - Nuclear tests - Bombs

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He died on the 4th of September, 1965 in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon).

Related Topics:
Lambaréné - French Equatorial Africa - Gabon

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