 In 1851, he became a Romanian-language professor at the Oradea law academy.In 1862, following numerous petitions, he began teaching Romanian at the Royal University of Pest, founding the Romanian language and literature department.He prepared a Romanian-language manual for village schools, and contributed articles on philology and politics to "Bucovina", "Gazeta Transilvaniei" and "Naționalul", the last based in Bucharest, capital of the nascent Romanian state.