Background
He was born at Muskau, Lusatia.
educationist art historian university professor writer
He was born at Muskau, Lusatia.
After studying archeology and Germanic philology at Breslau, he established himself there as docent for art history in 1866, was appointed professor in 1872, and called to the University of Prague in 1882. Among his publications are a treatise on the Minnesingers in two volumes (1889) and a discussion of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries (1892) as well as a treatise on domestic life in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period (1903).