Albert Schweitzer

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1 (of 2) Albert Schweitzer, his wife Hélène Bresslau and Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in the auditorium of Oslo University, 4 November 1954.

Albert Schweitzer (left), his wife Hélène Bresslau and Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Albert Schweitzer before the departure to Lambaréné

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2 (of 2) Albert Schweitzer before the departure to his hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa, 1923.

Source: Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg. Photographer unknown. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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