What is Klaus Schmidt (archaeologist)?
[[File:Klaus_Schmidt_Monumento_2014.jpg|thumb|Klaus Schmidt 2014 at [[Monumento (Tradefair)|Monumento Tradefair]] in Salzburg]] '''Klaus Schmidt''' (December 11, 1953 – July 20, 2014) was a [[Germans|German]] archaeology professor. He led the excavations at [[Göbekli Tepe]] from 1996 to 2014. Schmidt was born in [[Feuchtwangen]]. He studied [[Prehistory]] and [[Early History]] and [[Classical Archaeology]] and [[Geology]] at the [[University of Heidelberg]] and the [[University of Erlangen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Klaus Schmidt|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKlaus%2BSchmidt%2Bwikipedia%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26hl%3Den&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=de&u=http://www.dainst.org/de/profile/klaus-schmidt%3Fft%3Dall&usg=ALkJrhghJHz7FZTpT1uKATL3PT2Cf6-o7Q|publisher=[[German Archaeological Institute]]|accessdate=6 September 2013}}</ref> He died in [[Ueckeritz]] on July 20, 2014, of a [[heart attack]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Klaus Schmidt (1953-2014)|url=http://www.dainst.org/en/story/klaus-schmidt-1953-2014?ft=8|publisher=[[German Archaeological Institute]]|accessdate=21 July 2014|archive-date=22 July 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140722051158/http://www.dainst.org/en/story/klaus-schmidt-1953-2014?ft=8|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Klaus}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:German archaeologists]] [[Category:People from Bavaria]] {{bio-stub}}