Weber received his doctorate under Abbe in 1865 with a dissertation on the theory of light diffraction. He spent the second half of the 1860s as a private tutor in Pforzheim, publishing only one article during this period.
In 1865, Weber obtained his doctorate under Abbe's guidance on light diffraction theory. From the second half of the 1860s, he acted as a private tutor in Pforzheim and published only one paper during this time.