2021-09-25

Albert Schweitzer: An Adventurer for Humanity Harold E Robles Rhena Schweitzer Miller Christian Will List price £15.95 Product Details Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781600251559 Published: 21st May 2020 Publisher: Maurice Bassett Dimensions: 100 pages - 254 x 203 x 5mm

Biography & True Stories / Biography: General / Biography: Science, Technology & Medicine

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Dr. Albert Schweitzer was one of the greatest humanitarians the world has ever known. This biography for young readers chronicles his long life and accomplished career. Generously illustrated with rare photographs, Albert Schweitzer: An Adventurer for Humanity takes readers through young Albert's early years in Germany. We learn of his love of music, and of the studies in theology and philosophy that informed his decision to devote the rest of his life to serving humanity. It was this decision that led to his renowned humanitarian work in Africa, including his building of a hospital at the river mission in Lambaréné. It was while traveling down the Ogowe River in Africa that Albert had a powerful insight that shone brightly throughout his later years: "Reverence for Life." This idea led him to become a champion of world peace and human and animal rights. Today hospitals throughout the world bear Albert Schweitzer's name in recognition of his immense contribution to humanity, and his work continues to inspire new generations. The life of Albert Schweitzer serves as an example not just of what one person can do, but of how all of us can contribute our own light to help make the world a better place. Author Dr. Harold E. Robles is well known for his international humanitarian work, including the creation of Health Promotion South Africa Trust (HPSA). He has worked with world leaders and human-rights activists from around the globe, including Desmond Tutu, U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. In November 2016 President Barack Obama honored Dr. Robles and HPSA.

Albert Schweitzer Scotia Books Ltd, 17 Register Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Page 1 of 2 G65 0DS, Scotland, Tel 01236 826041 2021-09-25

Contains, index, photos, bibliography/further reading, and chronology.

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Author

Dr. Harold E. Robles is well known for his international humanitarian work. He became a devotee of Albert Schweitzer at the age of eight, and in 1973 he founded the Albert Schweitzer Center in the Netherlands. Two years later, he was appointed Secretary General of the International Schweitzer Organization (ASIL), an organization founded by Dr. Schweitzer in the 1930s in Strasbourg, France. In 1981, Robles immigrated to the United States where together with Rhena Schweitzer Miller, the daughter of Dr. Schweitzer, he founded the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities (ASIH), an organization dedicated to the philosophy of Albert Schweitzer. In 1998, at the age of fifty, he retired from the Institute and was given the title President Emeritus. In 1999, Dr. Robles founded the Medical Knowledge Institute Trust, an international non-profit organization that focuses on offering education and information, grounded in the conviction that health education is a human right. In 2013 he and the trustees changed the name of the organization to Health Promotion South Africa Trust (HPSA). In September 2008, Dr. Robles was inducted for a period of two years into The Third Chamber, otherwise known as the shadow parliament for international cooperation in the Netherlands. Its 150 members work on political and public support for international cooperation. Dr. Robles has received significant recognition for his work. On 29 April 2009, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands granted him a Knighthood, Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau. In 2012 he was named Outstanding African Personality for Health Advocacy, and in November 2016 President Barack Obama honored Dr. Robles and HPSA. It was also a great honor for him to be one of 500 Dutch citizens invited to attend the coronation of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on 30 April 2013 in Amsterdam. Robles has written several books about Albert Schweitzer, published in the Netherlands, former East Germany, Italy, China, Korea, former Yugoslavia and the United States. He is Goodwill Ambassador of the Ethnic Business Women Society of the Netherlands and Goodwill Representative of the Southern Africa/Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (SANEC).

Albert Schweitzer Scotia Books Ltd, 17 Register Road, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Page 2 of 2 G65 0DS, Scotland, Tel 01236 826041