Education
Schmölders studied from 1830 on philosophy and theology at the University of Bonn. Doctor of Philosophy. He attended lectures by the great French Arabist silvestre de Sacy, Joseph Toussaint Reinaud (1795-1867) and Pierre Amédée Jaubert.
Schmölders studied from 1830 on philosophy and theology at the University of Bonn. Doctor of Philosophy. He attended lectures by the great French Arabist silvestre de Sacy, Joseph Toussaint Reinaud (1795-1867) and Pierre Amédée Jaubert.
His focus was the Arabic language and literature. Under the influence of professors Christian August Brandis, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Freytag, Christian Lassen and August Wilhelm Schlegel, he soon concentrated on the oriental, especially Arabic philosophy. He learned to Hebrew, Arabic, Avestan, Persian Syriac and Sanskrit.
During his studies Schmölders dealt especially with the Arabic translations of the writings of Aristotle.
On 22 July 1836 he was a Doctor philosophy A scholarship from the Prussian Academy of Sciences allowed Schmölders after studying one-half-year stay in Paris, where he deepened his studies.
During his time in Paris he wrote his first book in French, in which he discussed the history of philosophy among the Arabs. lieutenant was published in 1842 by the publisher Firmin Didot.
Shortly thereafter came Schmölders back to Bonn and habilitation there.
On 22 December 1842 held Schmölders his inaugural lecture at the University of Bonn. As a lecturer, he was not a steady income, but the Prussian Minister Johann Albrecht Friedrich Eichhorn gave him several state support through scholarships. He followed this call at 29 June 1844.
In Breslau Schmölders spent 16 years at the same time working at the University and in the teaching profession.
He taught part-time at Matthew Gymnasium Hebrew and French and taught with official permission also an English course, in which he recorded gifted students. His research, he continued, despite the double burden.
On 1 May 1846 he became a full member in the German Oriental Society added. Thus he was able to quit his teaching at the high school.
He worked for twenty years as a professor at the University and received during this time many honors at home and abroad.
Because of his language skills - he mastered 22 languages - Schmölders was outside the university in high demand. His many obligations, his keen interest in teaching and an abdominal illness prevented him since the 1860s extensive publications.
As a member of the Scientific Examination he took exams in English and French, the royal city and Appellate he worked as a sworn interpreter.