Peter Heinrich Schmidt (economist)
Peter Heinrich Schmidt (born August 23, 1870 in Trier , † September 12, 1954 in St. Gallen ) was a German economist and geographer .
Life
Born in Trier, Peter Heinrich Schmidt devoted himself to studying economics at the universities of Geneva , Zurich and Berne after completing his Abitur , which he achieved with the academic degree of Dr. phil. completed.
After settling in Economics habilitation , had he followed 1900 a call to the professor of German, history and geography at the Traffic School St. Gallen. In 1904 he accepted a professorship for national economic geography and world economics at the commercial academy (later commercial college) in St. Gallen , which he held until his retirement . Schmidt, who was a member of the Geographical-Ethnographic Society Zurich , dealt in particular with geographic and economic issues. In 1934 the University of Bern awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Fonts
- Swiss industries in international competition. 2nd, completely revised edition, Orell Füssli, Zurich 1920.
- Martin Luther and the class struggle. Fehr'sche Buchhandlung, St. Gallen 1923.
- Economic research and geography. Fischer, Jena 1925.
- Introduction to the general geography of business. Fischer, Jena 1932.
- The geographic foundations of the transport industry. Fischer, Jena 1934.
- Switzerland as a living space. Fehr, St. Gallen 1934.
- Europe: nature and fate of a continent. Hofmann, Zurich 1945.
literature
- Gerhard Lüdtke (Hrsg.), Werner Schuder (Hrsg.), Joseph Kürschner (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1928/29. 3rd edition, De Gruyter, Berlin 1929, ISBN 3-11-107168-5 , page 2113.
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , page 18.
- O. Widmer: Prof. Dr. Peter Heinrich Schmidt at the age of 80 . In: Geographica Helvetica . tape 5 , 1950, pp. 300 ( online ).
- E. Winkler: Peter Heinrich Schmidt 1870-1954 . In: Geographica Helvetica . tape 10 , 1955, pp. 52-53 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Heinrich Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Peter Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23 August 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1954 |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |