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Schweitzer

American

[shwahyt-ser, shvahyt-] / ˈʃwaɪt sər, ˈʃvaɪt- /

noun

Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.

Schweitzer British

/ ˈʃvaɪt-, ˈʃwaɪtsə /

noun

Albert. 1875–1965, Franco-German medical missionary, philosopher, theologian, and organist, born in Alsace. He took up medicine in 1905 and devoted most of his life after 1913 to a medical mission at Lambaréné, Gabon: Nobel peace prize 1952

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One of the most famous discoveries came in 2005, when paleontologist Mary Schweitzer and colleagues reported soft tissue structures inside a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

“The new equipment is really nice,” said Walter Schweitzer, a farmer in Montana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

That came after reading a 1949 Time magazine article about Albert Schweitzer, the legendary physician, humanitarian and theologian of that era.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2025

“Mixed messages just create more fodder and more intrigue,” said Schweitzer, the Wharton School professor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Farmer hoped to land a job at Schweitzer.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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