He was a good student, placed fifth out of five hundred students in 1865, but his parents could not keep him at school after he was 16, so he continued studying for a year by himself and had no further formal education.
Бил добар ученик (бил петти од пет стотини студенти во 1865) но неговите родители не можеле да го задржат во школо откако наполнил 16 години, такашто тој продолжил да учи дома сам уште една година.