mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schmidt
10/06/2020 Erhard Schmidt's
father was a medical biologist called Alexander Schmidt. Erhard's university
career followed a pattern which was common in Germany at this time, namely that
students studied at several different universities as their course progressed.
He attended his local university in Dorpat before going to Berlin where he
studied with Schwarz.