Background
Schmidt, William was born on July 26, 1855 in Hermannsburg, Hanover, Germany. Son of P.H. and Dorothea (Petersen) Schmidt.
Schmidt, William was born on July 26, 1855 in Hermannsburg, Hanover, Germany. Son of P.H. and Dorothea (Petersen) Schmidt.
Educated in Hermannsburg, Germany, and Capital U., Columbus, Ohio, A.M., 1876. Doctor of Letters, 1918.
Ordained Evangelical Lutheran ministry, August 11, 1878. Professor of history, since 1886. Later in Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, St. Paul.
Author: Bleibe Daheim. Sighard the Centurion (published in 5 languages), 1897. Aethelburga, 1900; Geschichte der Ohio Synode, 1901.
Ramuldu, 1903; Sternenauge, 1906. Goldene Quelle, 1907. Landolf, 1910; Durch Luther befreit (Through Luther to Liberty), 1913.
Der Herr ist Gott, 1917. Gedenkschrift der Ohio Synode, 1918. Friedensklaenge, 1921.
Christ Conquers, 1925. Ben Juda the Shepherd, 1926. Pantherleap, 1928—all but three in German and English.
Address: St. Paul, Minn.
Author: Bleibe Daheim. Sighard the Centurion (published in 5 languages), 1897. Aethelburga, 1900
Geschichte der Ohio Synode, 1901.Ramuldu, 1903
Sternenauge, 1906. Goldene Quelle, 1907. Landolf, 1910
Durch Luther befreit (Through Luther to Liberty), 1913.Der Herr ist Gott, 1917. Gedenkschrift der Ohio Synode, 1918. Friedensklaenge, 1921.Christ Conquers, 1925. Ben Juda the Shepherd, 1926. Pantherleap, 1928—all but three in German and English.
Married Anna Haeffner, September 4, 1879.