The diary of Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt provides deep insights into his life, his personal contacts, and his research interests in the period 1862 to 1882. Schmidt used his diary to document visits and events in Athens and Vienna, as well as his astronomical, seismological, geographic, archaeological, and botanical observations, which shed new light on the astronomer renowned for his map of the moon.

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Veronika Führer , Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv, Linz, Austria.