page_title: Paderborn
section_title: Historical
hierarchical_section_title: Paderborn / Notable people / Historical
caption_attribution_description: English: Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804-1852), was professor of Obstetrics in Berlin (litography) Deutsch: Joseph Hermann Schmidt, Paderborner Kreisarzt, später Direktor der Geburtshilfeklinik an der Charité in Berlin
context_page_description: Paderborn is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and "born", an old German term for the source of a river. The river Pader originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.
context_section_description: Heinrich Aldegrever (1502 - ?1558?), Copper cutter, painter and seal cutter
  Carl Ferdinand Fabritius (1637 – 1673) was a painter in the Bishopric of Paderborn
  Franz Anton Cramer (1776 – 1829) was a German apothecary in Paderborn. Adlerapotheke at the Paderborn market. His generous support enabled the discovery of morphine.
  Sophie Schröder (1781-1868), singer and actress, the daughter of an actor, Gottfried Bürger. She made her first appearance in opera at St Petersburg in 1793
  Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner (1783-1841), pharmacist, first to isolate morphine from opium
  Therese Overstolz (1790-1862) mother of Henry Overstolz (1821–1887) the 24th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
  Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804-1852), Paderborn physician, director, Charité Birth Department, Berlin
  George Henry Backhaus (1811 in Paderborn – 1882) was a Catholic priest and one of nine children of a boot merchant, missionary
  Franz von Löher (1818-1892), politician, jurist and historian
  Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix (1821-1891), owner of the estate, judge and member of the German Reichstag
  Julius von Ficker (1826-1902), German-Austrian historian
  Joseph F. Rigge S.J. (1842-1913) was the first president of Marquette College (now Marquette University) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Klara Cramer (1844–96) from Paderborn; mother of Hermann Löns (1866 – 1914) journalist and writer.
  Aloys Loeher (1850–1904) was an American sculptor, exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition
  Karl von Plettenberg (1852-1938), a Prussian officer and later General of Infantry during World War I
  Clemens Baeumker (1853-1924), a Catholic philosopher and philosophy historian
  Augustus F. Fechteler (1857–1921) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during World War I
caption: Joseph Hermann Schmidt
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