Maximilian Schmidt was born on February 25, 1832 in Eschlkam, Upper Palatinate, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Räuber von Kaitersberg (1917), Arbeit ist des Lebens Würze (1920) and Der Georgitaler (1920). He was previously married to Auguste Haßlacher. He died on December 8, 1919 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.