Johannes Schmidt in 1868 (painting by Emil Teschendorff). Johannes Schmidt, full name Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Schmidt (July 29, 1843, Prenzlau - July 4, 1901, Berlin) was a German linguist who was particularly active in Comparative Linguistics with regard to Indo-European and Slavic languages. Schmidt was the most important representative of the Berlin School of Indogermanistics. He is also considered to be the main founder of golf theory.
In 1865, Schmidt promoted under the supervision of August Schleicher, with whom he also continued to collaborate after his studies. In 1866, Schmidt received a permanent appointment as a teacher at the Berlin Luisenstädtischen Gymnasium. After Schleicher's sudden death in 1868, Schmidt continued with his unfinished work Die Deutsche Sprache, which he released again twenty years later. One of Schmidt's first students was Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff.
In 1868, Schmidt became professor of the Preußischen Rhein-Universität (now known as the Rheinisch Friedrich-Wilhelms University). In 1871 he held lectures about the former Swede. A year later, he presented his theory of golf, contrary to the view of the Neogrammatics that sound laws are no exception. In 1873, Schmidt received a chair at the University of Graz for ten years, after which he returned to Berlin for a post as professor at the Humboldt University. From 1884, Schmidt was also a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Bibliography Wikisource
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