Ludwig Schmidt

Ludwig Schmidt
Born	(1862-07-18)18 July 1862 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	10 March 1944(1944-03-10) (aged 81) Dresden, Germany
Nationality	German
Awards	Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Albert Order (1910)
Academic background
Alma mater	Leipzig University
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	Saxon State and University Library Dresden
Main interests	History of the Germanic peoples during the Migration Period
Notable works	Die Geschichte der deutschen Stämme bis zum Ausgang der Völkerwanderung (1904-1918)

Ludwig Schmidt (18 July 1862 – 10 March 1944) was a German historian and librarian at the Saxon State and University Library Dresden. He is best known for his magnum opus, Die Geschichte der deutschen Stämme bis zum Ausgang der Völkerwanderung (1904-1918), which up to the present day remains the standard reference work on the history of the Germanic peoples in the Migration Period.