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Wilhelm Schmidt
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German anthropologist, linguist and historian of religion (1868–1954)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1868-02-16 ) February 16, 1868, Hörde , Province of Westphalia , Prussia
- Died
- February 10, 1954 (1954-02-10) (aged 85), Freiburg im Üechtland , Switzerland
- Notable ideas
- Austric languages , Urmonotheismus
- Influenced
- Stephen Fuchs
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Family name
- Schmidt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hörde
- Place of death
- Fribourg
- Occupation
- missionary
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- University of Fribourg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Image
- Wilhelm Schmidt SVD.jpg
- Religious order
- Divine Word Missionaries
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- date of birth
- 1868-02-16
- date of death
- 1954-02-10
- Commons category
- Wilhelm Schmidt (ethnologist)
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Schmidt
- P8168
- Natascha McElhone
- member of
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelm Schmidt SVD (February 16, 1868 — February 10, 1954) was a German-Austrian Catholic priest, linguist and ethnologist. He presided over the Fourth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences that was held at Vienna in 1952.
Biography
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