Education
He studied history, philosophy and theology at the University of Erlangen (from 1817), followed by studies of philology and archaeology at the University of Heidelberg (from 1820).
He studied history, philosophy and theology at the University of Erlangen (from 1817), followed by studies of philology and archaeology at the University of Heidelberg (from 1820).
In 1825 he becan work as a schoolteacher at the gymnasium in Speyer. In 1836 he was appointed professor of philology, antiquities ad art history at the University of Freiburg. His principal work was an archaeological study of the Vatican Apollo, titled Der vaticanische Apollo.
Eine reihe archäologisch-ästhetischer Betrachtungen (1833, second edition 1855).
After his death, a collection of his writings were published as Nachgelassene schriften (1853, 4 volumes. Edited by Henriette Feuerbach and Hermann Hettner).