He attended elementary school in Werschetz, then gymnasium in Temeschwar (Romanian: Timişoara) and Kecskemét and medical faculties in Vienna and Prague, but later transferred to the faculty of philosophy.
He attended elementary school in Werschetz, then gymnasium inTemeschwar (Romanian: Timişoara) and Kecskemét. He was a volunteer in the Bosnian uprising of 1875, after which he attended medical faculties in Vienna and Prague, but later transferred to the faculty of philosophy.