Education
University of Göttingen.
archaeologist curator numismatist art historian
University of Göttingen.
As a historian, he publicly rejected Gustave Flaubert"s depiction of infanticide in Punic culture, described in Salammbô. Among his private purchases was the Nazareth Inscription, an imperial Roman inscription in Greek that was sent to him from Nazareth. Unfortunately, part of his working library was lost in the fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in 2004.
Prussian Academy of Sciences. Russian Academy of Sciences.