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Philosopher
The Resume
(January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965)
Nobel Prize for Peace (1952)
British Order of Merit (1955)
Medical missionary
Wrote 'Out of My Life and Thought' and 'Philosophy of Civilization'
Why he might be annoying
He was imprisoned in France during World War I, because he was a German citizen.
He was a vegetarian.
Why he might not be annoying
He was left handed.
He became a medical missionary (1904).
He raised money to build a hospital in Africa, where he treated natives.
He donated his entire $33,000 Nobel Prize to expand his hospital and build a leper colony.
He loved animals, as he has said: 'Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.'
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