Background
Gersdorf was born in Tautendorf, the son of a clergyman.
Gersdorf was born in Tautendorf, the son of a clergyman.
He wrote under the pseudonym Woldemar Egg. In 1820 he began his studies in Theology and Philosophy. By 1826 he was working at the Saxon State Library in Dresden.
He died in Leipzig.
Saxonian Academy of Sciences.