Ernst Erhard Friedrich Wilhelm Schmid (22 May 1815 in
Hildburghausen – 16 February 1885 in
Jena) was a German
paleontologist. He was the son of law professor Karl Ernst Schmid (1774–1852).
He studied natural sciences at the universities of
Jena and
Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1839. In 1843 he became an associate professor at Jena, where with
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, he founded a physiological institute. At the institute he dealt with subjects that included
mineralogy,
geology,
chemistry and
physics. In 1856 he was appointed a professor of natural sciences at the University of Jena.[1]
Die geognostischen verhältnisse des Saalthales bei Jena (with Matthias Jacob Schleiden), 1846 – Geognostic conditions of the
Saale valley near Jena.
Physik, anorganische chemie und mineralogie, 1850 – Physics,
inorganic chemistry and mineralogy.
Topographisch geognostische Karte der Umgebungen von Jena der Universität zu ihrer dritten Säcularfeier gewidmet, 1859 – Topographical geognostic map of the surroundings of Jena.
Lehrbuch der meteorologie, 1860 – Textbook of
meteorology.[3]
Die Fischzähne der Trias bei Jena, 1861 – On
Jurassic fish teeth found near Jena.
Über den unteren Keuper des östlichen Thüringens, 1874 – On the
Lower Keuper of eastern
Thuringia.[4]
Die quarzfreien Porphyre des centralen Thüringer Waldgebirges und ihre Begleiter, 1880 – The
quartz-free
porphyry of the mountains in the central
Thuringian Forest.[5]