In Saint Mary Magdalene High School in Poznań he made friends with Jan Kasprowicz.
On his initiative the romanesque church of the Saint Virgin Mary (called "the Ruin"), which was destroyed by the fire in 1834, was renovated.
He was a patriot who supported the battle with invaders of Poland, and in 1906 defended the participants of the strike against the policy of Kulturkampf.
As with his stay in Inowrocław, philanthropy was of great importance to him and, among other things, he patronized the expansion of the Caritas structures.
On 10 March 1938 he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta for 'outstanding contribution in the field of social work' .