Herman Major Schirmer

Herman Major Schirmer (20 June 1845 – 11 April 1913) was a Norwegian architect, educator and historian of art.

He was the son of the architect Heinrich Ernst Schirmer (1814–1887) and his wife Sophie Ottilia Major (1821–61).

His brother was architect Adolf Schirmer and his uncle psychiatrist Herman Wedel Major.

At the age of 15, Schirmer was educated in drawing by the German-Norwegian architect and painter Franz Wilhelm Schiertz.

He became most famous through his work at the Royal Drawing School, which he renamed to Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in 1911.