Education
Koch studied Romance and English Philology at the Prussian University of Königsberg.
Koch studied Romance and English Philology at the Prussian University of Königsberg.
He interrupted his studies to serve in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. After receiving his doctoral degree at Königsberg, he became a school teacher in the Königsberg region and traveled extensively in Britain, France, and Italy. He died in Berlin in 1934.
(Editor) Geoffrey Chaucer: The Pardoner"s Prologue and Tale.
A Critical Edition. Berlin: Felber. Heidelberg: Winter, 1902.
(Editor) A Detailed Comparison of the Eight Manuscripts of Chaucer"s Canterbury Tales. London: Kegan Paul, French, Trübner & Company, 1913.
(Editor) Geoffrey Chaucer"s Canterbury Tales: Nach dem Ellesmere Manuscript mit Lesarten, Anmerkungen, und einem Glossar.
Heidelberg: Winter, 1915. "Chaucers Belesenheit in den römischen Klassikern." Englische Studien 57 (1923), 8-84. (Editor) Geoffrey Chaucers Kleinere Dichtungen: nebst Einleitung, Lesarten, Anmerkungen und einem Wörterverzeichnis.
Heidelberg: Winter, 1928.
Koch was also greatly active as a member of the Corps Baltia, a student organization for which he wrote a number of essays and historical studies.