Career
His reputation as a mathematician was established by 1834 and an honorary doctorate conferred on him by the University of Bonn. His work appeared in Gergonne"s "Annales des Mathématiques," volumes xi and xvi (1820-1825). In Crelle"s Journal, volumes v, vii, viii, and ix (1830-1832).
In the third part (1833) of Meier Hirsch"s "Sammlung Geometrischer Aufgaben".
And in "Sammlung von Aufgaben und Lehrsätzen aus der Analytischen Geometrie des Raumes" (published in 1837, written earlier). He studied Euclid while working in his uncle"s bank.
From 1813 to 1815 he served as a gunner in the Napoleonic Wars. He then left teaching and spent nine years as the head revenue officer for the Berliner Kassenverein, retiring in 1843.
