Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt
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Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt was a German
historian
.
, 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.
He edited the 8th issue of Karl Friedrich Becker
's Weltgeschichte, 22 vols. (Leipzig, 1874-79).
Germany
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historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
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Biography
He studied at BerlinHumboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
, in 1839 becoming a lecturer there, and in 1845 professor. In 1851, he became professor for history at the University of Zürich
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....
; 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
Frankfurt Parliament
The Frankfurt Assembly was the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany. Session was held from May 18, 1848 to May 31, 1849 in the Paulskirche at Frankfurt am Main...
in 1848, and of the German Reichstag
Reichstag (German Empire)
The Reichstag was the parliament of the North German Confederation , and of the German Reich ....
from 1874 to 1876.
German history
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
Karl Friedrich Becker
Karl Friedrich Becker was a German educator and historian. His most noted work was World History for Children and Teachers of Children which was widely used and much edited and revised by other noted historians after Becker's death....
's Weltgeschichte, 22 vols. (Leipzig, 1874-79).
Non-German History
- 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 P. Viollet (Paris, 1880—1885)
- Das Perikleische Zeitalter (Jena, 1877—1879)
- Handbuch der griechischen Chronologie (Jena, 1888)
- Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte (Leipzig, 1888).