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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Kaysersberg, Germany
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Lambaréné, Gabon
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Albert Schweitzer was Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa, whose goal was the Brotherhood of Nations.

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Albert Schweitzer was born Jan. 14, 1875, in Kaysersberg, Germany. His book The Quest of the Historical Jesus established him as a world figure in theological studies. During these years he also became an accomplished musician. In 1913 he become a mission doctor in Gabon. Interned there briefly as an enemy alien, and later in France as a P.O.W., he turned his attention towards world problems.

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