Claim: Martin Benno Schmidt worked under Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen and was a successor to Richard Kretz, an Austrian pathologist born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria.
Evidence: He spent several years as an assistant at the University of Strasbourg, where he worked under Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833-1910). In 1913 he succeeded Richard Kretz (1865-1920) as professor of pathology at the University of Würzburg, a position he maintained until his retirement in 1934. Richard Kretz (12 May 1865 – 13 May 1920) was an Austrian pathologist born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria.