He studied Romance languages in Leipzig and wrote a doctoral thesis about the language of the Aromanians in Livadi in the region of Mount Olympus in 1888, followed by a habilitation thesis on the Megleno-Romanian language in 1892.
In Leipzig, he studied Romance languages and produced a Ph.D. work about the Aromanian dialect spoken in Livadi, situated near Mount Olympus, in 1888, followed by a postdoctoral research on the Megleno-Romanian language in 1892.