He was born in Łobżenica on 21 June 1811. He was educated in his hometown and subsequently in Wschowa and Poznań. When the November Uprising broke out, he dropped out of secondary school and joined insurgent units, actively participating in the fighting. Wounded in a battle, he found himself in Russian captivity. After his release, he worked as a tutor and teacher. From 1836 to 1840, he lived in Berlin where he studied law, philosophy, history and philology. After returning to the Grand Duchy of Poznań, he conducted academic research, e.g. pertaining to folk songs, and prepared anthologies for secondary school students. He taught in Poznań secondary schools – first the Friedrich Wilhelm Secondary School and then the St. Mary Magdalene’s Royal Secondary School. He was also active as a journalist, e.g. contributing to Gazeta Wielkiego Xsięstwa Poznańskiego [“Gazette of the Grand Duchy of Poznań”], of which he was shortly the editor-in-chief, and to Tygodnik Literacki [“Literary Weekly”]. Following in the footsteps of Karol Libelt and August Cieszkowski, with whom he collaborated, he devoted considerable space in his work to national and Messianic themes. Examples are his following writings: O jedności słowiańskiej [“On Slav Unity”] (1841), Pojęcie narodowości [“Concept of nationality”](1843), Nauka narodowości, czyli etnologia [“Science of nationality, i.e. ethnology”] (1849) and Wiara i narodowość [“Faith and nationality”] (1863). He died on 18 October 1889.