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.
Weber obtained his doctorate under Abbe in 1865 on light diffraction theory. He served as a private tutor in Pforzheim from the latter half of the 1860s, publishing just one article during that time.