Schweitzer

American  

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

noun

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

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Schweitzer British  

/ ˈʃvaɪt-, ˈʃwaɪtsə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

“If the FTC gives us the rules necessary to get the tools we need, that’s where the real teeth would come from,” said Schweitzer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“Long before reaching my teens Drs. Tom Dooley and Albert Schweitzer ignited my vision of practicing humanitarian medicine,” he explains.

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

Carol Schweitzer, manager of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s forensic services unit, credited the organization’s partners.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

One person—a Raoul Wallenberg, an Albert Schweitzer, a Martin Luther King Jr.—one person of integrity can make a difference, a difference of life and death.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel