Education
From 1876 to 1879 he studied at the universities of Leipzig and Berlin, then later worked as a librarian at the Königliche Bibliothek in Berlin.
From 1876 to 1879 he studied at the universities of Leipzig and Berlin, then later worked as a librarian at the Königliche Bibliothek in Berlin.
From 1900 to 1905 he was head librarian at the Greifswald University Library. In 1909 he returned to Berlin, where he died on 8 July 1912.