Background
Schmitt, Ruediger was born on June 1, 1939 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Son of Maximilian and Barbara (Konrad) Schmitt.
Schmitt, Ruediger was born on June 1, 1939 in Wuerzburg, Germany. Son of Maximilian and Barbara (Konrad) Schmitt.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Saarland, 1965. Habilitation, University Saarland, 1969.
Assistant, U. Saarland, 1965-1969; lecturer, U. Saarland, 1969-1971; professor, U. Saarland, 1972-1979; professor Indo-European languages and Indo-Iranian studies, U. Saarland, since 1979.
Member of Georgian Academy of Sciences (foreign), Istituto Lombardo Academy of Sciences (foreign), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences (foreign), Indogermanische Gesellschaft (secretary 1983-1996), German Archaeol. Institute (correspondent), Austrian Academy of Sciences (correspondent).
Married Almut Wulff, August 2, 1966. Children: Karlheinz, Burkhard, Hartmut.