Darwin Correspondence Project

German translator, journalist, and librarian. Studied at Kiel and Heidelberg and received a degree in law. Worked as a lawyer, journalist and then librarian at the Hamburg commerce library. Married Amelie Léo, 1859. From around 1864, suffered from vision problems, but began translating works from English and French. Translated Wilkie Collins and was George Eliot’s authorised German translator. Hamburg correspondent for several European newspapers.