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His reputation as a mathematician had become established by 1834 and a honorary Doctorate was conferred upon him by the University Of Bonn . His work appeared in Gergonne 's "Annales des Mathématiques," vols. xi. and xvi. (1820-25); in '' Crelle's Journal '', vols. v., vii., viii., and ix. (1830-32); in the third part (1833) of Meier Hirsch 's "Sammlung Geometrischer Aufgaben"; and in "Sammlung von Aufgaben und Lehrsätzen aus der Analytischen Geometrie des Raumes" (published in 1837 , written earlier).

He was a German Jew who studied Euclid while working in his uncle's bank. From 1813 to 1815 he served as a Gunner in the Napoleonic Wars . After the war he returned to banking and taught mathematics until 1834, when the founder of the Academy he was teaching at died. He then left teaching and spent 9 years as the head Revenue officer for Berliner Kassenverein , retiring in 1843 .


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  • Bibliography: Allg. Deutsche Biographie , xx. 91-92, Leipsic, 1884;

  • Poggendorff, Biog.-Literarisch Handwörterb. Leipsic, 1863, s.v.