Karl Wichmann (1868–1948) was a German literary scholar, who served as professor of German at the University of Sheffield from 1901 to 1907, and then at the University of Birmingham from 1907 to 1917.Christopher T. Husbands, "German Academics in British Universities During the First World War: The Case of Karl Wichmann", German Life and Letters, vol. 60, no. 4 (October 2007), pp. 493–517.Christopher T. Husbands, "Karl Wichmann (1868–1948): A Research Note", German Life and Letters, vol. 65, no. 3 (July 2012), pp. 333–343.For the year of his appointment at Sheffield, see A. W. Chapman, The Story of a Modern University: A History of the University of Sheffield (Sheffield: University of Sheffield, 1955), p. 219. For his departure, see Christopher T. Husbands, "German-/Austrian-origin Professors of German in British Universities during the First World War: The Lessons of Four Case Studies" (discussion paper, London School of Economics, 2013). His dismissal from Birmingham in the midst of the First World War has been the subject of scholarship.
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