Due to his contributions, Croatia named its Order of Danica Hrvatska for business and economics after him.

In 1851, he attended high school in Varaždin, where he was noticed and in 1854, with the help and persuasion of his uncle, the parish priest in the village Rasinja near Koprivnica, he moved to Zagreb.

[clarification needed] After completing high school education in October 1857, Lorković turned to the clergy and entered the archdiocesan seminary, deciding to answer the vocational call to the priesthood to satisfy his parents and uncle.

He replaced his belletristic work with scientific and educational at the Juridical Academy and similar associations.

The most important of Lorković's scientific work is Počela političke ekonomije ili nauke obćega gospodarstva, which was published by Matica hrvatska in 1889 in the context of a series of publications for Croatian dealers.