Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt
Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt (26 September 1812, Berlin – 10 April 1887) was a German historian.
Biography
[edit]He studied at Berlin, in 1839 becoming a lecturer there, and in 1845 professor. In 1851, he became professor for history at the University of Zürich; nine years, he went to the University of Jena, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was a member of the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848, and of the German Reichstag from 1874 to 1876.
Works
[edit]German history
[edit]This is his main body of work, mostly limited to the 19th century. The most important are:
- Geschichte der Denk- und Glaubensfreiheit im ersten Jahrhundert der Kaiserherrschaft und des Christentums (1847)
- Preussens deutsche Politik (Berlin, 1850, and other editions)
- Geschichte der preussisch-deutschen Unionsbestrebungen (Berlin, 1851)
- Zeitgenössische Geschichten: I. Frankreich von 1815 bis 1830. II. Oesterreich von 1830 bis 1848 (Berlin, 1859)
- Elsass und Lothringen (Leipzig, 1859 and 1870)
- Geschichte der deutschen Verfassungsfrage während der Befreiungskriege und des Wiener Kongresses (Stuttgart, 1890), which was published after his death by A Stern.
He edited the 8th issue of Karl Friedrich Becker's Weltgeschichte, 22 vols. (Leipzig, 1874–79).
Non-German History
[edit]- Tableaux de la Révolution Française publiés sur les papiers inédits du département de la police secrete de Paris (Leipzig, 1867-1870)
- Pariser Zustände während der Revolutionszeit (Jena, 1874—1876), translated into French by Paul Viollet (Paris, 1880—1885)
- Das Perikleische Zeitalter (Jena, 1877—1879)
- Handbuch der griechischen Chronologie (Jena, 1888)
- Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte (Leipzig, 1888).
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit] | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (January 2014) |
References
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schmidt, Wilhelm Adolf". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This work in turn cites:
- H. Landwehr, Zur Erinnerung an Adolf Schmidt (Berlin, 1887).
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
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Media related to Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1812 births
- 1887 deaths
- Politicians from Berlin
- People from the Province of Brandenburg
- German Protestants
- National Liberal Party (Germany) politicians
- Members of the Frankfurt Parliament
- Members of the 2nd Reichstag of the German Empire
- Academic staff of the University of Zurich
- Academic staff of ETH Zurich
- Academic staff of the University of Jena
- Historians from the Kingdom of Prussia