Albert Schweitzer
1875 to 1965
19 documented presences
11 places
Quo Fuit places 19 dated presences for Albert Schweitzer across 11 places, from 1875 to 1965. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Albert Schweitzer was documented, and when
14 January 1875exact date
Kaysersbergattested
“Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire.”
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14 January 1875exact date
Alsaceattested
“Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire.”
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14 January 1875exact date
German Empireattested
“Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire.”
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1885 to 1893period
Mulhouseattested
“He studied organ in Mulhouse from 1885 to 1893 with Eugène Munch, organist at the Protestant cathedral, who inspired Schweitzer with his enthusiasm for the music of German composer Richard Wagner.”
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1893year
University of Strasbourgattested
“From 1893 Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the Kaiser Wilhelm University in Strasbourg.”
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1893year
Strasbourgattested
“From 1893 Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the Kaiser Wilhelm University in Strasbourg.”
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1896year
Strasbourgattested
“Schweitzer saw many operas of Richard Wagner in Strasbourg under Otto Lohse, and in 1896 he managed to afford a visit to the Bayreuth Festival to see Wagner's and Parsifal, both of which impressed him.”
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1896year
Bayreuth Festivalattested
“Schweitzer saw many operas of Richard Wagner in Strasbourg under Otto Lohse, and in 1896 he managed to afford a visit to the Bayreuth Festival to see Wagner's and Parsifal, both of which impressed him.”
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1898year
Parisattested
“In 1898, he returned to Paris to write a PhD dissertation on The Religious Philosophy of Kant at the Sorbonne, and to study in earnest with Widor.”
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1899year
University of Strasbourgattested
“In 1899, Schweitzer spent the summer semester at the University of Berlin and eventually obtained his theology degree at the University of Strasbourg.”
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1899year
Humboldt University of Berlinattested
“In 1899, Schweitzer spent the summer semester at the University of Berlin and eventually obtained his theology degree at the University of Strasbourg.”
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1905year
University of Strasbourgattested
“In 1905, Schweitzer began his study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg, culminating in the degree of M.D.”
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1912year
Lambarénéattested
“In 1912, now armed with a medical degree, Schweitzer made a definite proposal to go as a physician to work at his own expense in the Paris Missionary Society's mission at Lambaréné on the Ogooué river, in what is now Gabon, in Africa, th…”
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1912year
Parisattested
“In 1912, now armed with a medical degree, Schweitzer made a definite proposal to go as a physician to work at his own expense in the Paris Missionary Society's mission at Lambaréné on the Ogooué river, in what is now Gabon, in Africa, th…”
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July 1914month
1922year
1939 to 1948period
1953year
4 September 1965exact date
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Places Albert Schweitzer is documented in
Lambaréné5 presences · 1912 to 1965
University of Strasbourg3 presences · 1893 to 1905Paris2 presences · 1898 to 1912Strasbourg2 presences · 1893 to 1896Alsace1 presence · 1875German Empire1 presence · 1875Humboldt University of Berlin1 presence · 1899University of Oxford1 presence · 1922Bayreuth Festival1 presence · 1896
Kaysersberg1 presence · 1875
Mulhouse1 presence · 1885
Other places tied to Albert Schweitzer in the record
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1893year
Mulhousementioned
“At the Mulhouse gymnasium he received his "Abitur" (the certificate at the end of secondary education) in 1893.”
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1893year
Saint-Sulpice, Parismentioned
“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.”
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1899year
University of Tübingenmentioned
“He published his PhD thesis at the University of Tübingen in 1899.”
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1899year
Strasbourgmentioned
“In 1899, Schweitzer became a deacon at the church of Saint Nicholas in Strasbourg.”
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1900year
Strasbourgmentioned
“Working as a medical assistant and assistant-pastor in Strasbourg, he advanced his project on the philosophy of civilization, which had occupied his mind since 1900.”
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1906 to 1927period
Germanymentioned
“His 1906 pamphlet "The Art of Organ Building and Organ Playing in Germany and France", republished with an appendix on the state of the organ-building industry in 1927, effectively launched the 20th-century Orgelbewegung, which turned aw…”
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1909year
Viennamentioned
“In 1909, he addressed the Third Congress of the International Society of Music at Vienna on the subject.”
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March 1918month
Bordeauxmentioned
“In 1917, exhausted by over four years' work and by tropical anaemia, they were taken to Bordeaux and interned first in Garaison and then from March 1918 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.”
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March 1918month
Garaisonmentioned
“In 1917, exhausted by over four years' work and by tropical anaemia, they were taken to Bordeaux and interned first in Garaison and then from March 1918 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.”
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March 1918month
Saint-Rémy-de-Provencementioned
“In 1917, exhausted by over four years' work and by tropical anaemia, they were taken to Bordeaux and interned first in Garaison and then from March 1918 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.”
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July 1918month
Alsacementioned
“In July 1918, after being transferred to his home in Alsace, he was a free man again.”
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1920year
Gabonmentioned
“By 1920, his health recovering, he was giving organ recitals and doing other fund-raising work to repay borrowings and raise funds for returning to Gabon.”
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1923year
Königsfeld im Schwarzwaldmentioned
“In 1923, the family moved to Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, where he was building a house for the family.”
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January 1937month
Lambarénémentioned
“In January 1937, he returned to Lambaréné and continued working there throughout World War II.”
source: Wikipedia: Albert Schweitzer
1946year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Rudolf SteinerOxford · 1922Clara SchumannGerman Empire · 1875Hugo de VriesGerman Empire · 1875Christian KrohgGerman Empire · 1875Grigori RasputinFrance · 1898Camille ClaudelFrance · 1898George EnescuFrance · 1898Pierre LotiFrance · 1898Georges DumézilFrance · 1898Lord Alfred DouglasFrance · 1898Ioannis MetaxasHumboldt University of Berlin · 1899Dietrich EckartHumboldt University of Berlin · 1899
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