Following examen artium in 1935, Richter studied two years at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, United States. [1 ] He made his stage debut at Søilen Teater in 1938. [4 ] In 1938 he was appointed at Det Norske Teatret…
Before receiving his MD degree, Richter spent a year (1718) in Leiden listening to the lectures of Herman Boerhaave. He then obtained his MD under Johann Ludwig Hannemann at the University of Kiel in 1720.
Richter did extensive research in the field of ophthalmology, publishing in 1773, an influential treatise on cataract extraction titled Abhandlung von der Ausziehung des grauen Stars.