 He studied in his birthplace, later in Podbrezová and Banská Bystrica.After finishing his studies, he worked as a teacher in different places (Mýto pod Ďumbierom, Podbrezová, Nová Baňa, Hronský Beňadik), until he became a principal of school in Hronov for a short time.He also worked for a local organization of Matica slovenská and became a member of Umelecká beseda slovenská.