Albert Schweitzer
Photo gallery
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
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
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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