After studies at the universities of
Tübingen and
Strassburg, he taught at Tübingen (1887 et seq.) and became a
professor there in 1893. His publications include:
Kulturgeschichtliche Zusammenhang und Bedeutung der griechischen Renaissance in der Römerzeit (1898) – On the cultural and historical context, and the importance of the
Greek Renaissance in the Roman period.
Zur Geschichte des griechischen Dithyrambus (1901) – The history of the Greek
dithyramb.
Verzeichniss der griechischen Handschriften der Königlichen Universitäts-Bibliothek Tübingen (1902) – Directory of Greek manuscripts of the Royal University Library in Tübingen.
Revisions of
Wilhelm von Christ; Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur (volume i, fifth edition, Munich, 1908; sixth edition, part i, 1912; volume ii, fifth edition, Munich, 1911–1915).