SCHMIDT, Henry Immanuel, clergyman, born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 21 December, 1806. He received his preparatory and theological training in the Moravian academy at his native place, and in 1826 became a candidate for the ministry, but in 1829 :severed his connection with the Moravian church, and was licensed as a Lutheran clergyman. He was pastor of a congregation in Bergen county, New Jersey, in 1831-'3, assistant professor in Hartwick seminary, New York, in 1833-'6, pastor in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836-'8, professor of German and French in Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1838-'9, and of German in the theological seminary there in 1839-'43, pastor at Palatine, New Jersey, in 1843-'5, principal of Hartwick seminary, New York, in 1845-'8, and professor of the German language and literature in Columbia in 1848-'80. On 1 November, 1880, he was compelled by failing health to resign the last-named post, and was retired as professor emeritus. In 1850 Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, conferred on him the degree of D.'D. He has been a frequent contributor to the "Evangelical Review" (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) and to other periodicals, and has published "History of Education," including part i., " History of Education, Ancient and Modern," and part ii., "Plan of Culture and Instruction based on Christian Principles" (1842) ; "Inaugural Address," delivered in the chapel of Columbia college (New York, 1848);" Scriptural Character of the Lutheran Doctrine of the Lord's Supper" (1852) ; and "Course of Ancient Geography" (1860).