What is Alfred Schmidt?
[[File:Alfredschmidt.jpg|thumbnail|Train station poster in [[Frankfurt U-Bahn]] with Alfred Schmidt.]] '''Alfred Schmidt''' (born 19 May 1931, [[Berlin]] – 28 August 2012, [[Frankfurt am Main]]) was a [[Germany|German]] philosopher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3563016.ece |title=Obituary: Alfred Schmidt |publisher=[[The Times]] |date=2012-10-10 |access-date=2014-07-24}}</ref> ==Life== Schmidt studied [[history]], [[English language|English]] and [[philology]] at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt]] and later [[philosophy]] and [[sociology]]. Schmidt was professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Frankfurt from 1972 and was made [[emeritus]] in 1999. Schmidt was a member of the [[International PEN]] and an honorary member of the [[Schopenhauer Society]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Alfred}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century German philosophers]] [[Category:21st-century German philosophers]] [[Category:Academics of Goethe University Frankfurt]] [[Category:People from Berlin]] {{bio-stub}}