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The late Dr. Leonard Schmitz, 1890. 'An eminent classical scholar, teacher, and author of learned historical treatises, Dr. Schmitz, Principal of the Spring Grove International College at Isleworth, has died, at the age of eighty-three. He was a native of Eupen, near Aix-la-Chapelle, lost his right arm by an accident in childhood, and was educated at the University of Bonn, under Niebuhr, of whom he was one of the most proficient and faithful disciples, and part of whose lectures on Roman history were edited by Dr. Schmitz, in 1844, after Niebuhr's death. The King of Prussia's gold medal for literature was awarded to Dr. Schmitz, who had settled, however, in England, and enjoyed the favour of the Prince Consort...He became Rector of the High School of Edinburgh in 1846...he also gave special instruction to the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the sons of the French Orleans Princes. Histories of Rome and Greece, for students, a Manual of Ancient History, a Manual of Ancient Geography, and a Treatise on the History of the Middle Ages were his principal works; but he was also the founder and editor of the "Classical Museum," and a large contributor to Dr. William Smith's "Classical Dictionary," and to the "Encyclopaedia Britannica".' From "Illustrated London News", 1890.