Education
Born to a Thuringian family, Gerber studied law in Jena and taught it in Erlangen after 1847, in Jena in 1862 and in Leipzig after 1863.
politician university professor
Born to a Thuringian family, Gerber studied law in Jena and taught it in Erlangen after 1847, in Jena in 1862 and in Leipzig after 1863.
In 1867, he was elected to the North German Reichstag, and became North German minister of culture in 1871. He held that post until in 1891, shortly before his death, he was appointed chief minister of the Saxon government. Gerber married Rosalie von Bloedau in 1848, with whom he had three children.
Saxonian Academy of Sciences.