Martin Anton Schmidt
Martin Anton Schmidt (born July 20, 1919 in Wernburg ; † April 4, 2015 in Steffisburg ) was a Swiss church historian of German origin.
Martin Anton Schmidt was the son of the theology professor Karl Ludwig Schmidt and grew up in Giessen , Jena , Bonn and Basel or Riehen , where he received citizenship in 1942 . He studied theology at the University of Basel . There he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD . After several years as a vicar, parish assistant and religious teacher, he worked from 1947 to 1955 as a pastor in the Kilchberg - Rünenberg - Zeglingen parish .
In 1951 he completed his habilitation at the University of Basel, where he became a private lecturer in church and dogma history . His teaching activities took him to Berlin in 1953 and to North America in 1955. From 1961 to 1967 he was a professor of church history at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo . From 1967 until his retirement in 1989 he worked as a full professor for church and dogma history at the University of Basel. He gained a scientific reputation primarily through his work on scholasticism .
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Anton Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas K. Kuhn : Schmidt, Martin Anton. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Obituary
- Obituary in: refbl 2/2015, p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Martin Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Protestant church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wernburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 2015 |
| Place of death | Steffisburg |