 In 1850 he began teaching Italian in the "Liċeo", becoming Professor of Italian at University in 1863.He began writing poetry in Maltese when he was 25 years old.he wrote many biographies of Maltese personalities in the magazine "Arte" (1862-1866), and he published his work on the history of Malta, "La Storia di Malta raccontata in Compendio" in 1854.