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### Author
Schmidt, Friedrich \[Karl\] \[Fedor Bogdanovich\] (1832-1908), Livonian explorer, botanist and geologist; studied at the University of Dorpat 1849-1853, bot. asst. id. 1856-1859; from 1859-1863 in charge of the activities of the Siberian expedition of the Imperial Russian geographical Society in the Transbaikal, Sachalin, Daurian, Amur and Mandchurian regions; working on the collections at St. Petersburg 1863-1866; 1866-1867 on the Mammuth expedition to the Enissej ("Mammuth-Schmidt"); from 1872-1874 geologist in Esthonia; in St. Petersburg from 1874, ultimately as director of the Mineralogical Museum; adjunct (1872), extraord. (1874) and ord. (1885) member of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; Dr. phil. h.c. Königsberg 1894.
**Abbreviated name**: *Friedr. Schmidt* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Schmidt*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LE|LE]]; further material at [[Collection MW|MW]]. – The fossil plant collections from the Amur Region are also at [[Collection LE|LE]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 3: 729; Barnhart 3: 232 (b. 15/27 Jan 1832, d. 8/21 Nov 1908); BJI 1: 52; BM 4: 1847; Bossert p. 353; Bret. p. 619; CSP 5: 502, 8: 870, 18: 544-545; Herder p. 59, 201, 212; Hortus 3: 1203; Jackson p. 393; LS 24007-24008; MW p. 438; PR 8272-8274, p. 574; Quenstedt p. 385; Rehder 5: 772; TR 1251-1258; Tucker 1: 632; Zander ed. 10, p. 712, ed. 11, p. 813.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Acta Horti bot. Univ. Jurjev. 9: 249. 1909 (obit. not.); Bot. Centralbl. 110: 32. 1909 (d.); Bot. Not. 1909: 100 (d.); Cat. gén. livr. Bibl. natl. 166: 442. 1946; Flora 48: 43-44. 1865 (works on Flora of Sachalin; herbarium and fossil plant coll. to Acad. Sci., now LE); Hedwigia 48: (141). 1909 (d.); Nat. Nov. 30: 638. 1908 (d.); Trav. Mus. Bot. Acad. St. Petersburg 4: 143-147. 1908.
- Doss, B., Korresp.-Bl. naturf. Ver. Riga 52: 13-28. 1909.
- Dybowski, B., Kosmos, Lwow 34: 105-110. 1909 (obit.).
- Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 261. 1882.
- Herder, F. v., Bot. Centralbl. 55: 261, 268. 1893, 58: 391. 1894 (coll. at LE); Bot. Jahrb.
- 9: 448-450. 1888 (biogr. sketch).
- Karpinski, A.P., Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 1908: 1887-1894.
- Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 15: 32. 1909 (d.).
- Kupfer, K.R., Korresp.-Bl. naturf. Ver. Riga 52: 3-28. 1909 (bibl.).
- Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. Imp. natural. Moscou 61(1): 67. 1886 (material MW).
- Lipschitz, S.J., Florae SSSR fontes nos. 1238, 1239, 2008-2012. 1975 (bibl.).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1200. 1898, 4: 1335. 1904, 5: 1118. 1926 (bibl.).
- Regel, E., Gartenflora 8: 192. 1859 (to Amur region), 9: 29. 1860 (report from Amur region), 12: 140. 1863 (to Sachalin), 14: 28. 1865 (in St. Petersburg), 15: 190. 1866 (found Mammoth), 16: 26, 160. 1867 (returned from Mammoth exp.).
- Sokolov, D.M., Trav. Mus. géol. Pierre le Grand, Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 6: 153-166. 1912 (on Amur fossil coll.).
- Tolmachev, I., Ann. géol. mineral. Russie 10: 277-290. 1909 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Welding, O. et al., Deutschbaltisches biographisches Lexikon 689. 1970 (q.v. for further biogr. refs.).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 176, *pl. 37.* 1903 (portr.).
- Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 863 \[index\]. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 448. 1901.
#### Handwriting
S.V. Lipschitz & I.T. Vasilczenko, Central Herbarium USSR 133. 1968.
### Publications
##### n.10.884. Flora der Insel Moon
**Title**
*Flora der Insel Moon*, nebst orographisch-geognostischer Darstellung ihres Bodens, ... Dorpat (Druck von Heinrich Laakmann) 1854. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb-Apr 1854 (imprimatur on p. \[ii\]: 20 Jan 1854; rev. Bot. Zeit. 12 Mai 1854), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-62. *Copies*: H, HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Arch. naturk. Liv-, Ehst- und Kurl. ser. 2. 1(1): 1-62. 1854, – The Island of Moon \[Muhu\] lies just east of the Island Oesel in the Gulf of Riga; at the time of writing of this flora it belonged to the Russian province of Russia, later to Esthonia.
*Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 12: 324-327. 12 Mai 1854 (rev.).
##### n.10.885. Flora des silurischen Bodens von Ehstland, Nord-Livland und Oesel
**Title**
*Flora des silurischen Bodens von Ehstland, Nord-Livland und Oesel*... Dorpat (Druck von Heinrich Laakmann) 1855. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1855 (p. 2: imprimatur 31 Oct 1855; ÖbW 21 Aug 1856; Bonplandia 1 Oct 1856), p. \[1\]-114. *Copies*: H, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Arch. Naturk. Liv-, Ehst-u. Kurl. ser. 2. 1: 149-260. 1855.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 4 (bibl.): 194-196. 1857 (rev.).
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 14: 442-444. 20 Jun 1856 (rev.).
##### n.10.886. Reisen im Amur-Lande
**Title**
*Reisen im Amur-Lande* und auf der Insel Sachalin im Auftrage der kaiserlich-russischen geographischen Gesellschaft ausgefuehrt von Mag. Fr. Schmidt. *Botanischer Theil*... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie impériale des sciences...) 1868. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Reis. Amur-Land., Bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1868 (p. ii: imprimatur Jun 1868; Gartenflora Oct 1868; Flora 24 Feb 1869), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-227, *pl. 1-8*, 2 maps (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: B, BR, G, H, HH, LC, M, MICH, NY, U, USDA. – Issued as Mém. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, ser. 7, vol. 12(2). 1868.
*Russian edition*: St. Petersburg 1874, 336 p. (n.v.). The Russian version contains some additions but lacks the musci and lichenes from Sachalin (TR); includes Amguno-bureinskaya flora and Sakhalinskaya flora. – See also: Botanische Nachrichten über Sachalin, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg 5: col. 33-35. 1863.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 19 (bibl.): 23-25. Nov 1872 (rev.).
- H.S., Bot. Zeit. 27: 26-27. 8 Jan 1869.
- Lindberg, S.O., Contr. fl. crypt. As. bor.-or. 1873 (bryophytes; specimens at H).
##### n.10.887. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der
**Title**
*Wissenschaftliche Resultate der* zur Aufsuchung eines angekündigten Mammuthcadavers von der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften *an den unteren Jenissei ausgesandten Expedition*... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie impériale des Sciences...) 1872. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Wiss. Result. Jenissei Exped.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1872 (imprimatur 1872), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-168, *pl. 1-3, 3a, 4* (uncol. liths., all zool.), map. – Issued as Mém. Acad. imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, ser. 7. 18(1), 1872. – *Flora jenisseensis arctica* on p. 73-133.
*Preliminary notice*: Mél. biol. St.-Pétersbourg 6: 147-161. 1867, 655-703. 28 Apr 1868 and Bull. Acad. imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 11: 80-90. 1867, 13: 97-130. 1868.