Background
He was born at Bojanowo (then in Grand Duchy of Warsaw, now in Poland) and died at Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland).
He was born at Bojanowo (then in Grand Duchy of Warsaw, now in Poland) and died at Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland).
He studied philology and philosophy at Breslau and Berlin, later spending time in Paris, where he researched Leibniz" works.
He is known principally for his 1842 biography of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his completion (1853) of Theodor Wilhelm Danzel"s biography of Lessing, G. East. Lessing, sein Leben und seine Werke (1850-1853, 2 volumes). After his return to Germany, he worked as a librarian at the University of Breslau. In 1843, he became a professor at Breslau.
He wrote also on Jean Bodin, Joachim Jungius and Kurmainz (Electorate of Mainz).