 Ten years later, Schmidt's work on the spawning place of the eel was published by the Royal Society and even later he was awarded the Darwin Medal.In 1903 he married Ingeborg Kühle (1880-1958), daughter of Søren Anton van der Aa Kühle (1849-1906), chief director of the Old Carlsberg Brewery.Schmidt died at Copenhagen and was buried at Vestre Kirkegård.