He received his education in Berlin, and following study trips through Belgium, England and France, he obtained his habilitation at the University of Marburg in 1867. In 1878 he became a full professor at Marburg, then relocated to the University of Göttingen in 1881 as a professor of geology.[1] At Göttingen one of his better known students was mineralogist Friedrich Rinne.
Ueber die untere kreide Helgolands und ihre ammonitiden, 1904 – On the lower Cretaceous of Helgoland and its ammonites.
Die Polyptychites-Arten des Unteren Valanginien, 1909 – Polyptychites-types of the Lower Valanginian
De Platylenticeras-Arten des Untersten Valanginien Nordwest-Deutschlands, 1915 – Platylenticeras-types of the Lower Valanginian of northwestern Germany.[4]