About Friedrich August Schmidt
Lived 1785 – 1858 (aged 72). Friedrich August Schmidt was a superintendent, parson, editor and lexicographer.
Georg Friedrich August Schmidt (13 April 1785, in Weimar – 16 January 1858, in Ilmenau) was a German theologian, lexicographer, and bibliographer, best remembered for publishing thirty volumes of the Neuer Nekrolog der Deutschen (New Necrology of the Germans), most notably published by Bernhard Friedrich Voigt.
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Who was Friedrich August Schmidt?
German writer (1785-1858)
When was Friedrich August Schmidt born?
Friedrich August Schmidt was born on 13 April 1785 in Weimar.
When did Friedrich August Schmidt die?
Friedrich August Schmidt died on 16 January 1858 in Ilmenau.
What was Friedrich August Schmidt's occupation?
Friedrich August Schmidt was a superintendent, parson, editor and lexicographer.
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Friedrich August Schmidt's recorded nationality: Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
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