Dr. Alber Schweitzer

Dr. Albert Schweitzer was a jungle doctor in . He was born in . He had learned to play the piano since he was five and he was a very good musician. He decided to be a doctor when he was 30 years old. Then he studied medicine for eight years. After that, he asked to be sent to in 1913.

Dr. Schweitzer took big boxes of medicine with him to . He had to go through a lot of dangerous places. At first the new white doctor was not welcome, but soon the people of understood that he was their friend and they helped him build his first little hospital near a river. Many people came to the hospital. Dr. Schweitzer worked day and night.

When he ran out of money and needed more medicine, he would go back to to make money by playing music. Then he would return to . Later he built a bigger hospital. He spent most of his life in , not only helping sick people but also teaching the people how to help each other.

During World War I, he was sent to prison. He found that war was more terrible than dieases. When the war was over, he made a speech everythere to propose peace and respect for lives. In 1952, he was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.