Education
Born in Königsberg, Zumpt studied at the University of Berlin (1832-1836).
Born in Königsberg, Zumpt studied at the University of Berlin (1832-1836).
He was a nephew of philologist Karl Gottlob Zumpt. From 1839 to 1851, he was a professor at Friedrich Werder Gymnasium (Berlin), afterwards working as a professor at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Ranke. He travelled extensively during his career.
England (1845, 1860), Italy (1851, 1857, 1864), Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Asia Minor (1871-1872).
His papers on epigraphy (collected in "Commentationes epigraphicae", 2 vols, 1850, 1854) brought him into conflict with Theodor Mommsen in connexion with the preparation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, a scheme for which, drawn up by Mommsen, was approved in 1847.