Victor Shmidt

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| name = Victor Shmidt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|04|02}}

| birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date|1932|05|07}}

| death_place = Perm, USSR

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| main_interests = Zoology, Anatomy, Embryology

| alma_mater = Imperial Dorpat University (1890)

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Viktor Karlovich Shmidt ({{langx|ru|Ви́ктор Ка́рлович Шми́дт}}, {{IPA|ru|ˈvʲiktər ˈkarləvʲɪtɕ ˈʂmʲit|IPA}}) was a Russian zoologist, leading Russian specialist in microscopic anatomy and embryology,{{cite web|url=http://allpetrischule-spb.org/index.php?title=Шмидт,_Виктор_Карлович |title=Шмидт, Виктор Карлович | Victor Shmidt at Petrischule Encyclopedia |publisher=allpetrischule-spb.org|accessdate=2016-08-01}} professor, the Head of Perm University,{{cite web|url=http://www.psu.ru/universitet/ob-universitete/rektory-permskogo-universiteta |title=Ректоры Пермского университета с 1916 по 2006 - Пермский государственный национальный исследовательский университет | Heads of Perm State University on PSU website |publisher=psu.ru|accessdate=2016-08-01}} the Head of Perm National Research Biology Institute at Perm State University.