Carl Friedrich Schmidt

Geologist, Deceased Person

1832 – 1908

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Who was Carl Friedrich Schmidt?

Carl Friedrich Schmidt was Baltic German geologist and botanist in Russian Empire. He is acknowledged as the founder of Estonian geology.

Main papers of Friedrich Schmidt research the stratigraphy and fauna of Lower Palaeozoic rocks in Estonia and the neighboring areas. In 1885 he became academician of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He won the Wollaston Medal, awarded by the Geological Society of London, in 1902.

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Born
Jan 15, 1832
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Nov 8, 1908

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on July 23, 2013

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