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Albert Schweitzer was born in Kaysersberg, Upper Alsace on January 14th, 1875. At the time of his birth, was Upper Alsace part of Germany or France?

Germany. His native Alsace was part of Germany at his birth and became French again after World War I and then German during World War II and it is now French territory.

True or false: Schweitzer could play the Günsbach church organ at the age of 9 and continued his musical studies later on in life.

t. Schweitzer studied in Paris with Charles Marie Widor and collaborated with him on books about Bach.

In 1893, Schweitzer entered Strasbourg University. Six years later, when he was preparing to receive his degreee in philosophy, he wrote his doctoral thesis on the the religious philosophy of whom?

Immanuel Kant. A year later, he received doctorate in theology and became principal of the Theological College of Saint Thomas in Strasbourg, France.

True or false: As 1906 rolled around, Schweitzer was famous worldwide for his book, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus", and decided to apply to medical school. Earlier in the year, however, he left the seminary.

f. He went directly from the Theological College of Saint Thomas to medical school and stayed there from 1906 to 1912.

In 1913, after being married the year before to another medical scholar, Hélène Bresslau, the Schweitzers sailed for where and built a hospital when they arrived?

French Equatorial Africa. The constructed a hospital at Lambaréné on the Ogowe River in Gabon.

In this 1923 book, Schweitzer wrote about the "reverence for life", which shows how all creatures are one, and offered "the most universal definition of good and evil".

Philosophy of Civilization. All of the incorrect answers are works of Immanuel Kant.

True or false: After he wrote his 1923 book, he returned to the hospital he built to find it uncared for and overrun with weeds.

t. Schweitzer went two miles down the river and built another hospital with the help of hundreds of Africans.

For his humanitarian work, Schweitzer won the Nobel Peace Prize in what decade?

1950s. At the age of 78, he won his award in 1952 and summed everything up with the quote, "My life is my arguement".

On April 28th (stop nuclear tests), 29th (danger of atomic war), and 30th (abandon nuclear weapons), 1958, Schweitzer made three appeals on Oslo, Norway radio to stop the impending Cold War. These broadcasts were later published under what name?

Peace or Atomic War?. Atomic energy dangers became Schweitzer's focal point after the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings.

What decade of the 20th century did Albert Schweitzer die in?

1960s. Schweitzer died on September 4th, 1965 and was buried in Lambaréné next to his wife.