Peter Schmid

Peter Schmid (29 November 1926 – 28 November 2022) was a German archaeologist. He spent his entire career at the , of which he was director from 1973 to 1991.

Life and career Schmid was born in Hamburg on 29 November 1926. In 1944, while attending the gymnasium he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. He was subsequently made prisoner of war under British forces. From 1947 to 1948 he was an intern at the (NIHK). From 1948 to 1954 he studied prehistory, early history, geography and geology at the University of Kiel, obtaining his PhD on 31 July 1954 with a dissertation titled: "Die vorrömische Eisenzeit in den Nordseemarschen".

Schmid died on 28 November 2022, one day shy of his 96th birthday.