Technische Universität München
After spending time as an intern in several pharmacies, he studied botany at the University of Berlin. Later, he relocated to Munich, where he served as a lecturer at the "Technische Universität München" (from 1873) and at the "Tierärztlichen Hochschule" (from 1874). In 1880 he was appointed professor of botany and pharmacognosy at the "Tierärztlichen Hochschule".