He studied under Walther Nernst at the University of Göttingen, Germany and was recruited by the newly created university in Argentina, where he taught for two years until his death from typhoid fever in 1911. He was succeeded by Richard Gans.
This passage describes a person who studied under Walther Nernst at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and then taught at a newly established university in Argentina before dying from typhoid fever in 1911. Richard Gans took over his position after his death.