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Albert Schweitzer

1875 - 1965

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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and French polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Schweitzer has received more than 3,040,821 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Albert Schweitzer is the 12th most popular physician, the 133rd most popular biography from France (down from 112th in 2019) and the most popular French Physician.

Albert Schweitzer was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He studied at the University of Strasbourg and became a medical doctor in 1892. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his philosophy of "reverence for life."

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albert Schweitzer ranks 12 out of 726. Before him are Basil of Caesarea, Josef Mengele, Edward Jenner, L. L. Zamenhof, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, and Andreas Vesalius. After him are William Harvey, Ignaz Semmelweis, Michael Servetus, Cesare Lombroso, Cyril of Alexandria, and Alois Alzheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Albert Schweitzer ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Mann, Carl Jung, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Maurice Ravel. After him are Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, Mileva Marić, Syngman Rhee, Gerd von Rundstedt, Jeanne Calment, and Albert I of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1965, Albert Schweitzer ranks 4. Before him are Winston Churchill, Malcolm X, and Le Corbusier. After him are Syngman Rhee, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Moshe Sharett, Stan Laurel, Edward Victor Appleton, Eli Cohen, and Louise Mountbatten.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Schweitzer ranks 133 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis XII of France (1462), Henri Poincaré (1854), Saint Sebastian (300), Joseph Fourier (1768), Catherine Deneuve (1943), and Paul Verlaine (1844). After him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Jacques Lacan (1901), Charles V of France (1338), François Villon (1431), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Albert Schweitzer ranks 1. After him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Claude Bernard (1813), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Ambroise Paré (1510), Hilary of Poitiers (315), René Laennec (1781), Philippe Pinel (1745), Karl Brandt (1904), and Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805).

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