Didrik Thomas Johannes Schnitler (9 September 1833 – 15 December 1888) was a Norwegian military officer and war historian.
He was born in Østre Toten, as the son of military officer Balthasar Schnitler (died 1840) and Bolette Rogneby.
[1] He married Nanni Cathrine Sidonia Gudmundson (1833–1901) in 1859,[1] and was the father of military officer and historian Gudmund Schnitler.
[1] His main work is the four-volume series Almindelig krigshistorie ("General War History"), published between 1878 and 1885.
[4] The series is an expanded version of works originally written for his lectures at the Military Academy.