Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.

Wilhelm Schmidt

German anthropologist, linguist and historian of religion (1868–1954).

Born February 16th, 1868 in Hörde.

Died February 10th, 1954 at 85 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau, Fribourg.

Occupations
Catholic priest, anthropologist, ethnologist, historian of religion, linguist, missionary, university teacher

As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom