Education
He studied theology at the Universities of Halle and Heidelberg, then embarked on a study trip that took him to almost all the universities in Germany and Denmark.
theologian university professor
He studied theology at the Universities of Halle and Heidelberg, then embarked on a study trip that took him to almost all the universities in Germany and Denmark.
In 1832 he obtained his habilitation at Heidelberg, and subsequently worked as a lecturer, university preacher, and as a pastor at the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Heidelberg. From 1847 to 1852, he was a professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg, afterwards serving as Kirchenrath, Oberhofprediger and Oberpfarrer in Weimar. He played an important role in the Baden General Synod (1843) as well as in the Gustav-Adolfs-Vereins.