Background
He was born at Stralsund, and studied philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin.
He was born at Stralsund, and studied philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin.
University of Bonn.
In 1847 he took up journalism, and in 1855 he became chief editor of the Kölnische Zeitung. He devoted himself, however, largely to writing plays.
(Nachdruck des Originals von 1879.)