Carl Friedrich Schmidt (geologist)

8 November] 1908 in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist and botanist in the Russian Empire.

[1] In the mid-19th century, he researched Estonian oil shale, kukersite, and named it after Kuckers.

[1][2] Main papers of Friedrich Schmidt research the stratigraphy and fauna of Lower Palaeozoic rocks in Estonia and the neighboring areas.

[1] He won the Wollaston Medal, awarded by the Geological Society of London, in 1902.

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