Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt

Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (4 May 1805 in Nattwerder (near Potsdam) – 5 June 1843 in 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. International Plant Names Index.  W.L.E.Schmidt.
  • Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Polish Wikipedia.


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