Heinrich Julian Schmidt

Heinrich Julian Schmidt (March 7, 1818 - March 27, 1886), German journalist and historian of literature, was born at Marienwerder (Kwidzyń) in East Prussia.

After studying history and philosophy at the university of Königsberg, he was appointed, in 1842, to a mastership in the Luisenstadt Realschule in Leipzig.

In 1861 he removed to Berlin as editor-in-chief of the "Berliner allgemeine Zeitung", and in 1878 was rewarded for the journalistic services rendered to the government, by a pension from the emperor William I. He died at Berlin on the 27th of March 1886.

Julian Schmidts principal contributions to literary history are:
*"Geschichte der Romantik im Zeitalter der Revolution und Restauration" (1848)
*"Geschichte der deutschen Nationalliteratur im 19. Jahrhundert" (1853)
*"Geschichte des geistigen Lebens in Deutschland von Leibniz bis auf Lessings Tod" (1861-1863)These works subsequently appeared as "Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von Leibniz bis auf unsere Zei"t (4 vols., 1886-1896); Schmidt also wrote a "Geschichte der französischen Literatur seit der Revolution" (1857), and a biography of Schiller (1859).----