Education
He studied classical philology at the University of Göttingen, where one of his instructors was Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812).
university professor classical philologist
He studied classical philology at the University of Göttingen, where one of his instructors was Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812).
After graduation he was a lecturer at Göttingen, and in 1812 relocated to the University of Marburg as an associate professor Among his written works were editions of Pindar (1830), Tibullus (1835) and the orations of Demosthenes (1837). In addition, he collaborated with Philipp August Böckh (1785-1867) on the latter"s masterful edition of Pindar.
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Göttingen Academy of Sciences]
In 1817 he was appointed "full professor", and in 1833 became a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.