 He graduated a law degree from the Humboldt University of Berlin, and pursued his career as prefect of Bacău County, magistrate, and member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania between 1872 and 1892 and further as royal adviser.Like his father, since childhood he was an avid outdoor enthusiast, and educated himself about nature, only to become later a prominent member of the "Romanian Geographical Society", one of the very firsts in the world, founded in 1875.He remarked himself in studies of zoology, botany and geology, geography and topography.