Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt

Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (4 May 1805, Nattwerder (near Potsdam) – 5 June 1843, Stettin) was a German physician, botanist, and entomologist. As an entomologist, he specialized in Coleoptera.^[1]

In 1828 he obtained his medical doctorate in Berlin; afterwards he taught classes at the Royal Gymnasium in Stettin.^[2] He was the first president of the Entomologischer Verein zu Stettin (Entomological Society of Stettin).

Works

• Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas, etc.; with Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius, 1824.
• Kurze Anweisung für junge Pharmaceuten das Studium der Botanik, 1830 - Short instruction for young pharmacists towards the study of botany.
• Getreue und systematische Beschreibung der officinellen Pflanzen der neuesten Preussischen Landes-pharmacopöe in abellarischer Uebersicht: Ein botanisches Handbuch für Studirende Mediciner und Pharmaceuten bearbeitet (T.C.F. Enslin, 1831) - Accurate and systematic description of officinal plants.
• Botanischer Wegweiser: oder praktische Unterweisung zweckgemäss das Studium der Botanik, 1837 - Botanical guide: or practical training purposes according to study of botany.
• Flora von Pommern und Rügen. Becker und Altendorf, Stettin, 1840 - Flora of Pomerania and Rügen.
• Verzeichniss europäischer Käfer, 1840 - Directory of European beetles.^[3]

References

1. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - S
2. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
3. Google Search (list of publications)
4. "Author Query for 'W.L.E.Schmidt'". International Plant Names Index.

• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Polish Wikipedia.