1857 studies of medicine at the University of Berlin; 1859 at Breslau; 1860 at Heidelberg and 1861-1863 at Berlin; 1862 M.D. from the University of Berlin; 1863-1866 travelled through South Africa; 1867-1874 assistant at the anatomical institute, Berlin; 1868 expedition to Aden, Jemen to watch the solar eclipse; 1872 Privatdozent; 1874 extraordinary professor, University of Berlin and expedition to Isfahan, Persia to watch the transit of Venus; 1878 director of the microscopical biological department at the physiological institute; 1881-1882 expedition to Egypt and eastern mediterranean countries to study electrical fish; 1899 honorary professor, University of Berlin.
Degrees
M.D., University of Berlin, 1862
VL Library
(mit E. Hitzig) Über die elektrische Erregbarkeit des Großhirns, in: A. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med. (Leipzig) 37(1870): 300.