Career
He worked as an instructor at district schools in Böckten (1905-1907) and Therwil (1907-1911) and at a secondary school in Basel (1911-1944). In 1919 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Basel. In the field of bryology, he collected mosses mainly in the environs of Basel as well as in the cantons of Bern, Solothurn and Graubünden.
His herbarium is kept at the Canton Museum Baselland in Liestal.