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“Hardly ever have I known another man in whom mercy and desire for beauty are
connected that ideal as in Albert Schweitzer.”
Excerpt from Albert Einstein’s contribution to the birthday anthology to the 80th birthday of Albert Schweitzer, 1954
Short life history: Albert Schweitzer
* January 14, 1875 Kaysersberg (Alsace), † September 4, 1965 Lambaréné (Gabun, West Africa)
Albert Schweitzer was born as the second child of a priest’s family in Kaysersberg.
Some months after his birth the family moved to Guensbach where Albert’s father worked as a priest until his death.
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Albert attended elementary school there, followed by secondary school in Muenster and college in Muehlhausen. On June 18, 1893 he made his A-levels there. As a child he received a very good musical education which became the basis for his later magnificent organ playing.
From 1893 to 1898 he studied theology and philosophy in Strasbourg, Paris and Berlin.
His time of study was interrupted for a year i