He was educated at King's College London, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, studied in Germany, and was appointed reader in Hebrew at Gonville and Caius College in 1863.
He was educated at prestigious institutions such as King's College London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he also studied abroad in Germany, and later became a reader in Hebrew at Gonville and Caius College in 1863.