▁University ▁afterwards . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 4 / 1 8 4 5 ▁he ▁wrote ▁articles ▁amongst ▁others ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁Wes er - Ze itung ▁( W es er ▁News ) ▁in ▁Bre men . ▁About ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁he ▁made ▁up ▁his ▁mind ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁lect urer ▁at ▁Bonn ▁University . ▁From ▁that ▁time ▁on ▁he ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁William ▁Shakespeare . ▁ ▁Del ius ▁became ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁edition ▁of ▁Shakespeare ’ s ▁works ▁between ▁ 1 8 5 4 ▁and ▁ 1 8 6 0 . ▁Since ▁ 1 8 5 5 ▁Del ius ▁held ▁a ▁chair ▁for ▁combined ▁French - English ▁studies ▁but ▁because ▁of ▁this ▁edition ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁chair ▁in ▁English ▁studies , ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁to ▁be ▁given ▁in ▁Germany . ▁He ▁held ▁the ▁chair ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 8 8 0 . ▁Del ius ▁was ▁a ▁co - found er ▁and ▁for ▁years ▁to ▁come ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Deutschen ▁Shakespeare - G es ellschaft ▁( G erman ▁Shakespeare ▁Society ). ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁mult itude ▁of ▁articles , ▁papers , ▁and ▁transl ations ▁regarding ▁Shakespeare . ▁ ▁He ▁left ▁his ▁valuable ▁Shakespeare ▁collection ▁to ▁the ▁Bre men ▁public ▁library . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁on wards ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Gu est phal ia ▁Bonn ▁student ’ s ▁corpor ation . ▁Nikol aus ▁Del ius ▁was ▁buried ▁on ▁the ▁Bre men ▁W aller ▁Fried hof ▁( W