Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician, remembered on this atlas for his medical humanitarian work.
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Was Albert Schweitzer only a physician?
No. He was a polymath; the atlas remembers him for medical humanitarian work.
No. Albert Schweitzer (1875 to 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace: a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher and physician. This atlas remembers him for his medical humanitarian work.
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Schweitzer trained in medicine at the University of Strasbourg and, from 1913, ran a general hospital at Lambarene in what is now Gabon, providing broad primary medical care to the local population for decades.
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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ; 14 January 1875 - 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.
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January 14, 1875
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September 4, 1965
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