Charles Schmidt (theologian)

Charles Schmidt
Born
Charles-Guillaume-Adolphe Schmidt

(1812-06-20)20 June 1812
Strasbourg, France
DiedMarch 11, 1895(1895-03-11) (aged 82)
Strasbourg, German Empire
Academic background
Alma materProtestant Faculty of Theology
Academic work
Disciplinehistory
theology
InstitutionsUniversity of Strasbourg
Main interestsChurch history
Notable worksHistoire et doctrine de la secte des Cathares ou Albigeois
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Guillaume Adolphe Charles Schmidt, born 20 June 1812 in Strasbourg, France and died March 11, 1895 in the same city, was a French Protestant historian and theologian. He taught Church history at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Strasbourg from 1864 until his death. He directed the Protestant Gymnasium from 1849 to 1859, and again from 1865 to 1868.