Wilhelm Schmidt (linguist)

Wilhelm Schmidt
Wilhelm Schmidt
Born(1868-02-16)February 16, 1868
DiedFebruary 10, 1954(1954-02-10) (aged 85)
Academic work
Notable ideasAustric languages
Urmonotheismus
InfluencedStephen Fuchs[1]

Wilhelm Schmidt SVD (February 16, 1868 — February 10, 1954)[2] was a German-Austrian Catholic priest, linguist and ethnologist. He presided over the Fourth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences that was held at Vienna in 1952.[3]

  1. ^ Michael, S. M. (2000). Knecht, Peter; Chilson, Clark (eds.). "Stephen Fuchs SVD (1908–2000): Founder of the Institute of Indian Culture". Asian Folklore Studies. 59 (1). Japan: Anthropological Institute, Nanzan University: 142. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 1179031.
  2. ^ "Wilhelm Schmidt SVD". Anthropos. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Gusinde, Martin (October 1954). Baerreis, David A.; Spuhler, James M.; Aberle, David F.; Collier, Malcolm; et al. (eds.). "Wilhelm Schmidt, S.V.D., 1868-1954". American Anthropologist. 56 (5, Part 1). Wiley: 868–870. doi:10.1525/aa.1954.56.5.02a00110. JSTOR 663819.