LA POSTE FRANCE on 11 January 1975 issued a commemorative 100th birth anniversary of Albert Schweitzer. This multicolour, 0.80+0.20 ₣ (French franc) stamp was designed by Adolphe Eugène Lacaque. A total of 3,050,000 copies were printed. The postmark cancellation for first day covers originated in Kaysersburg, Alsace -- the birthplace of Schweitzer.
Dr. 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 minister, 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.
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 Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now 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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