Background
He was born in Vienna, and died in Tübingen.
He was born in Vienna, and died in Tübingen.
University of Tübingen.
In 1887 he received his doctorate at the University of Tübingen, later working as a professor at the Karlsgymnasium in Stuttgart (from 1889). In 1892 he was appointed a full professor of practical theology at the University of Giessen, then become a professor of systematic theology at the University of Göttingen (1895). During the following year, he accepted a call to Halle as chair of systematic theology.