{{Short description|German historian (1812-1887)}}[[File:Schmidt-Wilhelm-Adolf.jpg|right|thumb|Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt (ca. 1885)]] '''Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt''' (26 September 1812, [[Berlin]] – 10 April 1887) was a German historian.
== Biography == He studied at [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Berlin]], in 1839 becoming a lecturer there, and in 1845 professor. In 1851, he became professor for history at the [[University of Zürich]]; nine years, he went to the [[University of Jena]], where he remained for the rest of his life. He was a member of the [[Frankfurt Parliament]] in 1848, and of the German [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]] from 1874 to 1876.
== Works ==
===German history=== This is his main body of work, mostly limited to the 19th century. The most important are: *''Geschichte der Denk- und Glaubensfreiheit im ersten Jahrhundert der Kaiserherrschaft und des Christentums'' (1847) *''Preussens deutsche Politik'' (Berlin, 1850, and other editions) *''Geschichte der preussisch-deutschen Unionsbestrebungen'' (Berlin, 1851) *''Zeitgenössische Geschichten: I. Frankreich von 1815 bis 1830. II. Oesterreich von 1830 bis 1848'' (Berlin, 1859) *''Elsass und Lothringen'' (Leipzig, 1859 and 1870) *''Geschichte der deutschen Verfassungsfrage während der Befreiungskriege und des Wiener Kongresses'' (Stuttgart, 1890), which was published after his death by A Stern. He edited the 8th issue of [[Karl Friedrich Becker]]'s ''Weltgeschichte'', 22 vols. (Leipzig, 1874–79).
===Non-German History=== *''Tableaux de la Révolution Française publiés sur les papiers inédits du département de la police secrete de Paris'' (Leipzig, 1867-1870) *''Pariser Zustände während der Revolutionszeit'' (Jena, 1874—1876), translated into French by [[Paul Viollet]] (Paris, 1880—1885) *''Das Perikleische Zeitalter'' (Jena, 1877—1879) *''Handbuch der griechischen Chronologie'' (Jena, 1888) *''Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte'' (Leipzig, 1888).
==See also== * [[The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states]]
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==References== * {{EB1911|wstitle=Schmidt, Wilhelm Adolf}} This work in turn cites: ** H. Landwehr, ''Zur Erinnerung an Adolf Schmidt'' (Berlin, 1887). * {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Schmidt, Wilhelm Adolf|year=1905}}
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