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He was educated at the Gymnasia of Glogau and Schweidnitz, and subsequently at the university of Berlin, where he made a special study of history as a pupil of the famous historian, Dr. Ranke.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

The Prussian Gymnasia are about two hundred and fifty in number, and the Real Schools somewhat over one hundred.

From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace

The graduates of Gymnasia only are allowed to enter the professions of Medicine and Law.

From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace

While the multitudes are streaming out to the Gymnasia, the young athlete, brawny and handsome, surrounded by an admiring coterie of friends and kinsmen, sets out for the Acropolis.

From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns

He became in succession a teacher in other Gymnasia in Berlin, and ultimately Professor of History in the Military College, and of Latin Eloquence in the University.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various