He was educated at high school in Vinkovci and Novi Sad and the he studied Law in Graz where he graduated in 1876. Next, in 1877, he returned to Novi Sad and until 1901, he was pofessor of languages and literature in Novi Sad (Latin, Greek, Hungarian, German and Serbian) .He wrote a large number of grammar, vocabulary and literature review that was adopted in the Serbian education as the standard text books.