He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 : *"for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times" *Excerpted from Wikpedia ; see related links .
No, Albert Schweitzer did not decline the Nobel Peace Prize. He accepted the prize in 1952 for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life" and his humanitarian work in Africa.
The Noble prize awarded to Albert was the "Reverence For life," and it was awarded in 1952 for his philosophy.
Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace prize in 1984, and the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism and the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer. Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953. During the selection process in 1952, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that none of the year's nominations met the criteria as outlined in the will of Alfred Nobel. According to the Nobel Foundation's statutes, the Nobel Prize can in such a case be reserved until the following year, and this statute was then applied. Albert Schweitzer therefore received his Nobel Prize for 1952 one year later, in 1953.
Albert Schweitzer is famous because he received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life". He is also known for theology, music & philanthropy.
There are at least three people named Albert: Camus, Einstein and Schweitzer whoo have won a Nobel prize. The question needs to be more specific.
Albert Schweitzer was well known for being a theologian, philosopher, musician, and medical missionary. He established a hospital in Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life."
he recieved the noble prize and goethe prize for all the work he did
Albert Schweitzer (german and french) founding an hospital in Lambaréné, Nobel Prize,.. ( or, a doctor more important by his research : Luc Montagnier who discover HIV (nobel prize too)
The Nobel Peace Prize for Peace for 1952, having been withheld in that year, was given to Albert Schweitzer on December 10, 1953. Source: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1952/schweitzer-bio.html
The Nobel Peace Prize 1911 was awarded jointly to Tobias Michael Carel Asser and Alfred Hermann Fried
The Nobel Prize Awarding Institution, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, decided to reserve the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, and therefore no Physics Prize was awarded that year. According to the statutes, a reserved prize can be awarded the year after, and Albert Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.