| Intro | German entomologist |
| A.K.A. | W.L.E.Schmidt |
| Was |
Zoologist Scientist Botanist Entomologist |
| From |
Holy Roman Empire Germany |
| Type |
Biology Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 4 May 1805 |
| Death |
5 June 1843, Szczecin (aged 38 years) |
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.
In 1828 he obtained his medical doctorate in Berlin; afterwards he taught classes at the Royal Gymnasium in Stettin. 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.[1]
- Verzeichniss europäischer Käfer, 1840 – Directory of European beetles.