Education
Beginning in 1827 he studied natural sciences at the University of Jena.
Beginning in 1827 he studied natural sciences at the University of Jena.
He is known for his writings involving agricultural botany and agricultural history. In 1839, with Schulze, he returned to the University of Jena as an associate professor of botany. At Jena he distinguished himself in studies of botany as it applied to agricultural science.