Background
He was born in Groß-Köllen (now Kolno in Poland).
paleontologist university professor
He was born in Groß-Köllen (now Kolno in Poland).
He studied geology and paleontology and received his doctorate in 1890. He worked in Tübingen, Munich and Hohenheim. In 1893 he became an extraordinary professor and in 1897 the keeper in Munich"s Museum.
Later he was appointed director of Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut und Museum in Berlin.
Prussian Academy of Sciences.