{{Short description|Baltic German geologist and botanist}} {{Distinguish|Carl Friedrich Schmid| Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1811)}}

thumb|Carl Friedrich Schmidt '''Carl Friedrich Schmidt''' ({{langx|ru|Фёдор Богданович Шмидт}}, Fyodor Bogdanovich Schmidt; also known as '''Friedrich Schmidt'''; {{osd|27 January|1832|15 January}} in Kaisma, Livonia – {{osd|21 November|1908|8 November}} in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist and botanist in the Russian Empire. He is acknowledged as the founder of Estonian geology.<ref name=kukersite>{{Cite book | last1 = Aaloe | first1 = Aasa | last2 = Bauert | first2 = Heikki | last3 = Soesoo | first3 = Alvar | title = Kukersite oil shale | publisher = MTÜ GEOGuide Baltoscandia | year = 2007 | location = Tallinn | isbn = 978-9985-9834-2-3 | page = 31 | url= http://www.gi.ee/geoturism/KukerOilShale_ENG_062011_100dpiS.pdf | access-date =2013-03-16}}</ref> In the mid-19th century, he researched Estonian oil shale, kukersite, and named it after Kuckers.<ref name=kukersite/><ref name=lille> {{Cite journal | last = Lille | first = Ü. | title = Current knowledge on the origin and structure of Estonian kukersite kerogen | journal = Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal | publisher = Estonian Academy Publishers | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 253–263 | year = 2003 | doi = 10.3176/oil.2003.3.03 | url = http://www.kirj.ee/public/oilshale/3_lille_2003_3.pdf | issn = 0208-189X | access-date = 2008-10-25}} </ref>

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.<ref name=kukersite/> He won the Wollaston Medal, awarded by the Geological Society of London, in 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Geological Society of London|date=24 February 1902 |page=6 |issue=36699}}</ref>

Friedrich Schmidt was the first European to "discover" the Sakhalin Fir on the Russian island of Sakhalin in 1866, but he did not introduce it to Europe. The Schmidt Peninsula (Sakhalin) was named after him.

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==Sources== * {{cite Efron|Шмидт, Федор Богданович}}

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