After studying at the University of Göttingen ( 1826-1829 ) under Otfried Müller and Georg Ludolf Dissen , he worked as schoolteacher education.education the Pädagogium in Ilfeld ( from 1831 ) .

He studied science at University College , Nottingham and worked briefly as a schoolteacher education.education joining the staff under Halford Mackinder at the then-new School of Geography at Oxford University .