Hubert Schmidt was born near Comfort, Texas on September 24, 1886. He attended Texas A&M College (TAMC) and was a part of the football team. He graduated from TAMC with a B.S. in animal husbandry. With the support of his TAMC professor Mark Francis, Hubert Schmidt enrolled in Royal Veterinary School in Berlin, Germany, and graduated in December 1912. Schmidt then worked for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station on January 5, 1913, and worked there as a veterinarian until his retirement at the age of 65. He worked with Dr. Mark Francis with research on fever tick in cattle and sheep. Hubert Schmidt was killed from injuries received in a car accident near Bryan, TX on January 13, 1958. His wife Gertrude passed away in May 1980 in Bryan, TX.