"At the very moment when, at sunset, we were making our way through a herd of hippopotamuses, there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase 'Reverence Albert Schweitzer, 90, Dies at His Hospital; Doctor Won Nobel Peace Prize for Work in Africa He Was Also Noted as Musician and Theologian Albert Schweitzer, Felled by Exhaustion, Dies at. A jungle saint he may not have been; a jungle pioneer he surely was. Once, for instance, he all but halted the station's work when he received a letter from a Norwegian child seeking a feather from Parsifal, his pet pelican. The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, and aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth and beauty. But Schweitzer rejected such adulation; he held that his own spiritual life was its own reward and that works redeemed him. Later Dr. Trensz replaced Nessmann, and Martha Lauterberg and Hans Muggenstorm joined them. Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 - May 26, 2005) was an American actor and activist. Albert Schweitzer's engagement with Judaism, and with the Jewish community more generally, has never been the subject of substantive discussion. He will end by destroying the earth. From 1939 to 1948, he stayed in Lambarn, unable to go back to Europe because of the war. In 1931, he published Mystik des Apostels Paulus (The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle);[36] a second edition was published in 1953. Schweitzer, the pastor's son, grew up in this exceptional environment of religious tolerance, and developed the belief that true Christianity should always work towards a unity of faith and purpose. J. S. Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582; Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541; Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Also like Goethe, on whose life and works he was expert, Schweitzer came near to being a comprehensive man. After peaking in the mid-1960s, the number of heart disease deaths began a marked decline that has persisted to the present. // Famous Nobel Peace Prize Emily Greene Balch for him in the ditches beside the wards. ~ Albert Schweitzer. In the years that followed, the hospital grew by leaps and bounds, not only in terms of bricks and mortar but also in its delivery of comprehensive and modern health care. True to his pledge, Schweitzer turned from music and theology to service to others. [84][bettersourceneeded], Schweitzer is often cited in vegetarian literature as being an advocate of vegetarianism in his later years. Indeed, building was often He and his wife (they were German citizens) were interned as prisoners of war for four months, then released to continue the work of the hospital. The film The Legacy of Albert Schweitzer, narrated by Henry Fonda, was produced by Warner Brothers and aired once. Man's ultimate redemption through beneficent activity--the theme of Part II of Goethe's "Faust," a metaphysical poem much admired by Albert Schweitzer--threads through this extraordinary man's long, complex and sometimes curious "[76][77], After the birth of their daughter (Rhena Schweitzer Miller), Albert's wife, Helene Schweitzer was no longer able to live in Lambarn due to her health. " Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. own, is understandable when one considers the enormous achievement he has attained in his own lifetime. "The chorale not only puts in his possession the treasury of Protestant music," Schweitzer wrote, "but also opens to him the riches of the Middle Ages and of the sacred Latin music from He not only played throughout Europe, but he also repaired church organs and kept That same year he resigned his curateship and his posts at the university and married Helene Bresslau, the daughter of a well-known Strasbourg historian. its creature comforts yet rejecting its complacent attitudes toward progress. Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. 1996 - 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC. Albert Schweitzer was a revered French-German humanitarian, writer, theologian, medical missionary, organist, physician, and philosopher. for the life of a physician in French Equatorial Africa. With the new hospital built and the medical team established, Schweitzer returned to Europe in 1927, this time leaving a functioning hospital at work. Schweitzer and his wife did the best they could. He goes quietly, in peace and dignity. [45], Schweitzer contrasts Paul's "realistic" dying and rising with Christ to the "symbolism" of Hellenism. "He is a figure January 24, 2023 Causes of Wrongful Conviction: False testimony, false confession, ineffective assistance of counsel ALBERT IAN SCHWEITZER On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, 1991, a young woman named Dana Ireland was struck by a vehicle while she was riding a bicycle down a red cinder road on the island of Hawai'i. 171,135 Swedish krona. The maladies the Schweitzers treated were both horrific and deadly. The peer-supporting lifelong network of "Schweitzer Fellows for Life" numbered over 2,000 members in 2008, and is growing by nearly 1,000 every four years. It was said that he had scarcely ever talked with an adult African on adult terms. It is a historical review of ethical thought leading to his own After retiring as a practicing doctor, Albert Schweitzer continued to oversee the hospital until his death at the age of 90. He was 90 years old. Even in his study of medicine, and through his clinical course, Schweitzer pursued the ideal of the philosopher-scientist. Albert Schweitzer is best known as a great humanitarian because of the fact that he spent his life from age 40 until his death in Africa as a medical doctor at Lambgarence. Among children 1-59 months of age, ALRI was present in 51% of the deaths, and enteric diseases in 30%. In 1900, with the completion of his licentiate in theology, he was ordained as curate, and that year he witnessed the Oberammergau Passion Play. There he also received instruction in piano and counterpoint from professor Gustav Jacobsthal, and associated closely with Ernest Munch, the brother of his former teacher, organist of St William church, who was also a passionate admirer of J. S. Bach's music. [9] In 1893, he played for the French organist Charles-Marie Widor (at Saint-Sulpice, Paris), for whom Johann Sebastian Bach's organ music contained a mystic sense of the eternal. Dr. Schweitzer explains that Paul focused on the idea of fellowship with the divine being through the "realistic" dying and rising with Christ rather than the "symbolic" Hellenistic act of becoming like Christ through deification. In 1899, he astonished Widor by explaining figures and motifs in Bach's Chorale Preludes as painter-like tonal and rhythmic imagery illustrating themes from the words of the hymns on which they were based. He also studied piano at that time with Marie Jall. On one occasion a group of tourists pulled him away from the dinner table to get an explanation of his ethics. Footnote 126 Her devotion to Schweitzer's cause was manifested in a variety of ways and never in . Christ-mysticism holds the field until God-mysticism becomes possible, which is in the near future. Everyone can have their own Lambarn". Then, working as medical assistant and assistant-pastor in Strasbourg, he advanced his project on the philosophy of civilization, which had occupied his mind since 1900. The above were released in the United States as Columbia Masterworks boxed set SL-175. be cited than the fact--regarded locally as something of a miracle--of his own survival.". Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 1952,[79] accepting the prize with the speech, "The Problem of Peace". sermons as well as to his scalpel, for he believed that the good shepherd saves not only the animal but also his soul. Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" also drew Schweitzer's warmest praise. Dr. Albert Schweitzer was a physician, philosopher, theologian, organist and humanitarian. Schweitzer came to French Equatorial Africa as a tall, handsome, broadly powerful young man with a shock of rich, black hair, an enormous mustache and a look of piercing determination in his bold eyes. The following year, 1906, (and despite pleas from his family to pursue his religious studies) a 31-year-old Albert began medical school. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) On March 21, 1913, theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary in Africa Albert Schweitzer together with his wife Helene start their voyage to Africa, to establish a hospital in Equatorial Africa. disease (leprosy), dysentery, elephantiasis, sleeping sickness, malaria, yellow fever and animal wounds. Nearly 150 of these Schweitzer Fellows have served at the Hospital in Lambarn, for three-month periods during their last year of medical school. and worked unobtrusively. Footnote 35 Not only has Jesus, according to Schweitzer, by his death and apparent failure, . In their first nine months in Africa, they treated more than 2,000 patients. By extreme application and hard work, he completed his studies successfully at the end of 1911. His philosophy has made a difference and has led to the passage of laws and helping the cause of animal rights in the latter half of the twentieth century. Schweitzer presents Bach as a religious mystic, as cosmic as the forces of nature. [23] He also corresponded with composer Clara Faisst, who became a good friend.[24]. Schweitzer earnestly sought to live his philosophy, which for him was a creedal guide to action. "I let the Africans pick all the fruit they want," he said. he had worked as an artisan in constructing many of its buildings; and, although the station was many times beset by adversities that would have discouraged a less dedicated man, it had grown at Dr. Howard Markel writes a monthly column for the PBS NewsHour, highlighting the anniversary of a momentous event that continues to shape modern medicine. Schweitzer's recordings of organ-music, and his innovative recording technique, are described below. . In 1922, he delivered the Dale Memorial Lectures in the University of Oxford, and from these in the following year appeared Volumes I and II of his great work, The Decay and Restoration of Civilization and Civilization and Ethics. had a profound influence on contemporary religious thinking. (Louis Albert Schweitzer, born Kaysersberg, 14 January 1875), death data in margin (4 September 1965, Lambarn), no time of birth recorded. In 19256, new hospital buildings were constructed, and also a ward for white patients, so that the site became like a village. The RR was subsequently downgraded (from AA to C). too, failed, Schweitzer argued, hence the despairing cry, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? ~ Albert Schweitzer. Albert Schweitzer was born at Kaystersberg, Haute Alsace (now Haut-Rhin), Jan. 14, 1875, just two months after Germany had annexed the province from war-prostrate France. [39][failed verification] He wrote that in his view, in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus speaks of a "tribulation", with his "coming in the clouds with great power and glory" (St. Mark), and states that it will happen but it has not: "This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled" (St. Matthew, 24:34) or, "have taken place" (Luke 21:32). Schweitzer's pedal piano was still in use at Lambarn in 1946. For example, he once said, The African is indeed my brother, but my junior brother. On other occasions, he opined, I let the Africans pick all the fruit they want. It was a search that had haunted him, driven him, since childhood. The waiting room and dormitory were built, like native huts, of unhewn logs along a path leadingl to the boat landing. Additionally, he argues that this view of a "union with the divinity, brought about by efficacious ceremonies, is found even in quite primitive religions". Schweitzer cross-referenced the many New Testament verses declaring imminent fulfilment of the promise of the World's ending within the lifetime of Jesus's original followers. his death to more than 70 buildings, 350 beds and a leper village of 200. As Schweitzer recounted this climactic incident, he had been baffled in getting an answer to the question: Is it at all possible to find a real and permanent foundation in thought for a theory of the universe that shall be both ethical and affirmative [89] In contrast to this, historian David N. Stamos has written that Schweitzer was not a vegetarian in his personal life nor imposed it on his missionary hospital but he did help animals and was opposed to hunting. The "realistic" partaking in the mystery of Jesus is only possible within the solidarity of the Christian community.[44]. . As a child, he was frail and an indifferent student in everything but music, for which he showed the interest of a prodigy. In The Quest, Schweitzer criticised the liberal view put forward by liberal and romantic scholars during the first quest for the historical Jesus. Jesus, Schweitzer contended, believed himself the Messiah who would rule in a new kingdom of God when Gradually his opinions and concepts became acknowledged, not only in Europe, but worldwide. [55] In early 1913, he and his wife set off to establish a hospital (the Hpital Albert Schweitzer) near an existing mission post. "In your commitment to truth and service," the President cabled, "you have touched and deepened the live of millions you have never met. In the Schweitzer method, the figure-8 is replaced by two small diaphragm condenser microphones pointed directly away from each other. He envisaged instruments in which the French late-romantic full-organ sound should work integrally with the English and German romantic reed pipes, and with the classical Alsace Silbermann organ resources and baroque flue pipes, all in registers regulated (by stops) to access distinct voices in fugue or counterpoint capable of combination without loss of distinctness: different voices singing the same music together. . He was buried at his hospital, later named Albert Schweitzer Hospital. His life was portrayed in the 1952 movie Il est minuit, Docteur Schweitzer, starring Pierre Fresnay as Albert Schweitzer and Jeanne Moreau as his nurse Marie. as his medical assistants grew less awesome of him. it less unruly); age seamed his face, shrunk his frame, made him appear bandy-legged; time softened his eyes and made them less severe. The mid-side sees a figure-8 microphone pointed off-axis, perpendicular to the sound source. Exposition and Criticism[52]). During his compulsory military service in 1894, Schweitzer had an epiphany of sorts while reading the Book of Matthew, Chapters 10 and 11 (in Greek, no less). (78rpm Columbia ROX 146152), cf. Death, Cause unspecified 4 September 1965 at 11:30 AM in Lambarn (Age 90) . [7] The medieval parish church of Gunsbach was shared by the Protestant and Catholic congregations, which held their prayers in different areas at different times on Sundays. It is conceivably the only formal philosophical concept ever to spring to life amid It resulted in a book, "Paul and He had pondered the meaning of the parable of Dives and Lazarus and its application to his times, and he had concluded that full expression in the 18th century.". it.". Schweitzer's probing conception of Bach created a sensation in its time, and it still remains a classic study, not only for the detailed instructions it provides for the playing of Bach but also for its challenging esthetic. Csar Franck: Organ Chorales, no. Darstellung und Kritik[51] [The psychiatric evaluation of Jesus. Sir Donald Tovey dedicated his conjectural completion of Bach's The Art of Fugue to Schweitzer. The comparison of NOAC-based DAT vs. vitamin . of self-imposed exile in Africa. It was a beautiful locale and one that Albert would often return to for the rest of his life, especially when he was weary from his many medical and missionary responsibilities. He speaks to us the same word: 'Follow thou me' and sets us to the task which He has to fulfill for our time. Schweitzer's death was kept secret through the night because of a request he had. His philosophy, he often stated, was built upon the principle of a reverence for life and the religious and ethical imperatives of helping others. Schweitzer was one of colonialism's harshest critics. He progressed to studying for his Ph.D. in theology in 1899 at the Sorbonne, where he focused on the religious philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Hupp, upp. 1924 In 1924 he returned to his hospital in Lambarene, which was to be restored after years of decay during his absence. To me, Dr. Schweitzer is the one truly great individuals our modern times have produced. 106 likes. In 1899, Schweitzer became a deacon at the church of Saint Nicholas in Strasbourg. Much of the building work was carried out with the help of local people and patients. Explaining his decision later in more mundane terms, Schweitzer said: "I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk. In the first nine months, he and his wife had about 2,000 patients to examine, some travelling many days and hundreds of kilometres to reach him. Yet, his legacy is not without controversy. The site was nearly 200 miles (14 days by raft[56]) upstream from the mouth of the Ogoou at Port Gentil (Cape Lopez) (and so accessible to external communications), but downstream of most tributaries, so that internal communications within Gabon converged towards Lambarn. He planned to spread the Gospel by the example of his Christian labour of healing, rather than through the verbal process of preaching, and believed that this service should be acceptable within any branch of Christian teaching. years to science and art and then devote himself to the service of suffering humanity. [11] Schweitzer served his one-year compulsory military service in 1894. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. The tourists got the point and he returned to his meal. He celebrated his 90th birthday there as hundreds of Africans, Europeans and Americans gathered to wish him well. Director of the Lambarene hospital has been handed over to Schweitzer's assistant, Dr. Walter Munz. As a boy, Albert was frail in health but robust in intellect and talent. His medical dissertation was titled, The Psychiatric Study of Jesus.. Date of death. Schweitzer continued to work tirelessly to promote a life-affirming society until his death in 1965, at the age of 90. During his return visits to his home village of Gunsbach, Schweitzer continued to make use of the family house, which after his death became an archive and museum to his life and work. Muntz and Friedman, both Holocaust survivors, to record his work and daily life at the hospital. to the church to play Bach. Quotes about Schweitzer [] He simply acted out of inner necessity. [17], In 1905, Schweitzer began his study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg, culminating in the degree of M.D. barred him from preaching at the station, but agreed to accept his medical skills. His brother, Dr. Paul Schweitzer, 83, was not able to be with him. Schweitzer maintained that the life of Jesus must be interpreted in the light of Jesus' own convictions, which reflected late Jewish eschatology and apocalypticism. Albert Schweitzer 30. ", "At this stage," Schweitzer said in 1963, "Africans have little need for advanced training. Abstract. [73], Such was the theory which Schweitzer sought to put into practice in his own life. His death, political upheavals leading to Gabon's independence in 1960, decreasing foreign . 1952. prize money. music. "The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through . received, "freely give"; and the verse that urges men, "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.". But how are we of the post-colonial age to understand a man who was born in 1875 and saw the world very differently from the way we do? Inspired by medical missionary and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Albert Schweitzer, an American couple, Dr. Larry and Mrs. Gwen Grant Mellon, founded HAS in 1956.
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