Researching Albert Schweitzer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 93 people with the Schweitzer surname? In that year Schweitzer was ranked number 3486 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Albert means "Noble, bright" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Albert Schweitzer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Albert Schweitzer and the Schweitzer Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Schweitzer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Schweitzer family tree.
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Schweitzer Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Schweitzer surname in the USA? Schweitzer is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer ( 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpretation of Pauline Christianity concern the role of Paul's mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary and the doctrine of Justification by Faith as secondary.
He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life", becoming the eighth Frenchman to be awarded that prize. His philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. As a music scholar and organist, he studied the music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and influenced the Organ Reform Movement (Orgelbewegung).
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