Education
From 1830 to 1833 he studied natural sciences and chemistry at the University of Halle, afterwards working as a pharmacist"s assistant, then serving as director of a chemical factory in Breslau.
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From 1830 to 1833 he studied natural sciences and chemistry at the University of Halle, afterwards working as a pharmacist"s assistant, then serving as director of a chemical factory in Breslau.
After his uncle"s death during the Russian campaign of 1812, he was adopted by the rector of the lyceum in Torgau. In 1842 he obtained his habilitation, and soon afterwards was named director of the pharmacy institute at the University of Breslau. Serious eye problems forced his retirement from the university in 1866.