Background
Schmidt, Richard Heinrich was born on January 25, 1909 in Goessel, Kansas, United States. Son of Peter University and Anna (Unruh) Schmidt.
Schmidt, Richard Heinrich was born on January 25, 1909 in Goessel, Kansas, United States. Son of Peter University and Anna (Unruh) Schmidt.
Instructor taxidermy Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1956-1976. Collector, preparer museum specimens for Richard H. Schmidt Natural History Museum Emporia State University. Founder Morris Yoder Memorial Museum Heston (Kansas) College, 1948-1956.
Member (charter) Kansas Ornithological Society, Kansas Association Taxidermists.
Married Tina Bergen, April 3, 1931 (deceased March 1979). Children: Richard, Frances, Donald, Elizabeth, Kathryn, Glenda (deceased). Married Ruth Banman, May 27, 1990.