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[[File:Friedrich Schmidt-Ott c1917.jpg|thumb|Friedrich Schmidt-Ott c. 1917]]
'''Friedrich Gustav Adolf Eduard Ludwig Schmidt-Ott''' (until 1920 '''Schmidt''') (4 June 1860, in [[Potsdam]] – 28 April 1956, in [[Berlin]]) was a [[Germany|German]] lawyer, scientific organizer, and science policymaker. He was the Prussian Minister of Culture, president of the Emergency Association of German Science, on the advisory boards of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and its institutes, and chairman of the Donor Federation of the Emergency Association of German Science.
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From 1888, Schmidt-Ott was at the ''Preußisches Kultusministerium'' (PrKM, Prussian Culture Ministry), officially the ''Preußisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung'' Prussuan Ministry of Science, Arts, and Culture. For many years, he was assistant to Friedrich Althoff. From 1903, Schmidt-Ott was head of the arts division, and from 1917, he was the ''Preußischen Kultusminister'' (Prussian Minister of Culture).<ref name=r1>Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; See the entry for Schmidt-Ott.</ref>
In 1895 he married Margaretha Luise Ott (1869-1963). Since the time of his silver wedding anniversary in 1920, in honor of his wife he began calling himself Friedrich Schmidt-Ott instead of Friedrich Schmidt.
From 1911 to 1919, Schmidt-Ott was on the boards of trustees of all the institutes of the ''[[Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft]]'' (KWG, Kaiser Wilhelm Society). From 1920 to 1937, Schmidt-Ott was second vice-president (practically, acting vice president) of the KWG and then honorary member of the supervisory board of the society.<ref name=r1/><ref>Macrakis, Kristie (1993) ''Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany''. Oxford. p. 33. {{ISBN|0195070100}}.</ref>
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