Harry Schmidt (woodcarver)
Harry Schmidt may refer to: * Harry Schmidt (USMC) (1886–1968), commanded the Fourth Marine Division in the Pacific during World War II *Harry Schmidt (mathematician) (1894–1951), German applied mathematician *Harry Schmidt (pentathlete) (1916–1977), South African Olympic modern pentathlete *Harry Schmidt (Air National Guard) The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing, by an American Air National Guard pilot, of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) on the n ...

Harry Schmidt (USMC)
Harry Schmidt (September 25, 1886 – February 10, 1968) was a United States Marine Corps general. During World War II, he served as the commanding general of the Fourth Marine Division during the battles of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Saipan in the Mariana Islands, and as commanding general of the Fifth Amphibious Corps during the battles of Tinian in the Marianas and Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands. Schmidt retired from the Marine Corps at age 61 in 1948 with 39 years of service. A contemporary described Schmidt as "a Buddha, a typical old-time Marine: he had been in China; he was regulation Old Establishment; a regular Marine." U.S. Marine Corps career Schmidt was born in Holdrege, Nebraska, on 25 September 1886. He attended Nebraska State Normal College for two years before accepting a commission as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Nebraska Infantry which he resigned from on 16 August 1909 in order to enter the U.S. Marine Corps as a second lieutenant on 17 August ...
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Harry Schmidt (mathematician)
Harry Schmidt (21 June 1894, in Hamburg – 7 September 1951, in Halle) was a German mathematician. Core areas of his research were experimental physics, as well as the theory of boundary layers and wings in aerodynamics. Biography In 1913 Schmidt began his study of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Leipzig. There he received in 1919 his Ph.D. (Promotion) in theoretical physics with dissertation ''Über die Möglichkeit und Stabilität von Gleichgewichtszuständen ruhender sowie rotierender Elektronengruppen innerhalb einer im allgemeinen nichtäquivalenten Kugel von homogener positiver Elektrizität'' (On the possibility and stability of equilibrium states of stationary and rotating electron groups within a generally non-spherical region of homogeneous electricity). In 1926 he received his Habilitation at the University of Leipzig. In 1932 in Zurich he was an Invited Speaker of the ICM, with talk ''Zur Statistik und Dynamik elastischer Platten'' ...
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Harry Schmidt (pentathlete)
Harry Schmidt (19 March 1916 – 13 February 1977) was a South African modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ... and 1956 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1916 births 1977 deaths South African male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for South Africa Modern pentathletes at the 1952 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Queenstown, South Africa 20th-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ...
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