 From 1859–1864, he studied in Jena and Bonn with many important linguists of the time, notably August Schleicher and Kuno Fischer in Jena, as well as Friedrich Ritschl and Otto Jahn in Bonn.In 1864, Schuchardt earned a doctorate with a dissertation entitled "De sermonis Romani plebei vocalibus" ('On the vowels of Vulgar Latin').Based upon a perusal of "an incredible amount of texts never really considered before him", it was subsequently published 1866-1868 in a three-volume German language edition as "Der Vokalismus des Vulgärlateins" (The Vowels of Vulgar Latin).