He made contributions in diverse subjects such as photomicrography and fish farming.
Beginning in 1861 he studied medicine at the University of Königsberg, where his influences were surgeon Albrecht Wagner and botanist Robert Caspary.
From 1870 to 1877 he served as an instructor and prosector at the anatomical institute in Königsberg.
[1][2] In 1868 he published "Die Photographie als Hilfsmittel mikroskopischer Forschung" (The photograph as a tool of microscopic research), a translation of Albert Moitessier's "La photographie appliquée aux recherches micrographiques".
[1] His treatises "The enemies of pond culture in central Europe" (1887) and "Observations on salmon in German rivers" (1887) have been translated into English.