Claim: Julius Zacher, who studied theology and philology at the University of Breslau, worked at a university library and as a private tutor.
Evidence: From 1836 to 1839, he studied theology and philology at the University of Breslau, where he attended lectures on German language and literature given by Hoffmann von Fallersleben. In 1847 he began work at the university library in Halle and assumed duties as secretary of the Thüringisch-sächsischen Vereins zur Erforschung der vaterländischen Alterthümer (Thuringian-Saxon Society for the study of Patriotic Antiquities). He then served as a private tutor under the employ of Graf von Wylich und Lottum.