After a short residence at Göttingen , Bopp gained , on the recommendation of Humboldt , appointment to the chair of Sanskrit and comparative grammar at Berlin in 1821 , and became a member of the Royal Prussian Academy the following year .
After a short residence at Göttingen , Bopp gained , on the recommendation of Humboldt , appointment to the chair of Sanskrit and comparative grammar at Berlin in 1821 , which he occupied for the rest of his life . 
 He also became a member of the Royal Prussian Academy the following year .