Carl Wilhelm Schmidt

Reverend Carl Wilhelm Schmidt (died 1864), also known as Karl Schmidt, was a German missionary, and an ordained minister of the Prussian United Church. Schmidt's missionary work took him to Queensland and Samoa, where he founded a number of Lutheran institutions and settlements.

Read more about Carl Wilhelm Schmidt:  Early Life, Return To Europe, and Samoa

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