Schmidt

The taxon authority Schmidt may refer to:

• Adolf Schmidt (1856–1923), German entomologist
• Adolph Johann Schmidt (1806–1889), German malacologist
• Adolf Wilhelm Ferdinand Schmidt (1812–1899; A.W.F.Schmidt), German naturalist
• Albert Schmidt (Alb.Schmidt), lichenologist
• Alexander Friedrich Wolfgang Schmidt (born 1932; A.F.W.Schmidt), lichenologist
• Antal Schmidt (1944–2010; Ant.Schmidt), phycologist
• Anton Schmidt (1842–1917; A.Schmidt), bryologist
• B. Christian Schmidt (B.C. Schmidt), Canadian entomologist
• Benedikt Schmidt, herpetologist
• C. Schmidt, entomologist
• Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1811–1890; C.F.Schmidt), German botanist
• Catherine Schmidt, Swiss herpetologist
• Christian Schmidt, carcinologist
• Constantin Schmidt, German entomologist
• Daniel James Schmidt, Australian arachnologist
• Dieter Schmidt, herpetologist
• E.J.D. Schmidt (fl. 2012; E.J.D.Schmidt), botanist
• Edmund Schmidt, entomologist
• Erich Walther Schmidt (1890–1969), German entomologist
• Ernst Schmidt (botanist) (1834–1902), German botanist
• Ernst Schmidt (entomologist) (1884-1962) German entomologist
• Ernst Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933), Danish botanist and marine biologist
• Evan R. Schmidt (fl. 1992-2008), entomologist (Psocoptera)
• Franklin J.W. Schmidt (1901–1935), U.S. mammalogist and herpetologist
• Franz Schmidt (1751–1834; Schmidt), German botanist
• Franz Wilibald Schmidt (1764–1796; F.W.Schmidt), Bohemian botanist
• Friedrich Schmidt or Fedor Bogdanovich Schmidt (1832–1908; F.Schmidt), Baltic-German and Russian botanist, palaeontologist
• Gerald D. Schmidt (1934–1990), U.S. parasitologist
• Günter E.W. Schmidt (1926–2016), German arachnologist
• Hans Thomsen Schmidt, Danish entomologist
• Jesper Birkedal Schmidt, arachnologist
• Joachim Schmidt, German entomologist
• Johann Anton Schmidt (1823–1905; J.A.Schmidt), German botanist
• Johann Carl Schmidt (1793–1850; J.C.Schmidt), German botanist and mycologist
• Jürgen Schmidt, ichthyologist
• Karl-Heinz Schmidt, German acarologist
• Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957), U.S. herpetologist
• Kathleen Schmidt, entomologist
• Kilian Schmidt, entomologist
• Martin Schmidt, entomologist
• Olga Schmidt, German entomologist
• Oscar Schmidt (1823–1886), German zoologist
• Otto Christian Schmidt (1900–1951; O.C.Schmidt), German botanist and phycologist
• Paul Schmidt (1846–?; P.Schmidt), German botanist, and phycologist
• Peter Schmidt (1938–, Pet.Schmidt), German zoologist
• Peter Yulievich Schmidt (1872–1949, P.J. Schmidt / P.Yu. Schmidt), Russian (Soviet) zoologist, and ichthyologist
• Petra Schmidt (fl. 2012; Petra Schmidt), German botanist
• Philipp Schmidt, German herpetologist
• Ray C. Schmidt, ichthyologist
• Robet E. Schmidt, annelidologist
• Stefan Schmidt, German entomologist
• Werner Theodor Schmidt, helminthologist
• Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843; W.L.E.Schmidt), German botanist and entomologist
• William E. Schmidt, phycologist
• Wolfgang Schmidt (fl. 1981; Wolfg.Schmidt), botanist and herpetologist