In 1821 he was appointed Master of the Classical School at the Belfast Academical Institution, in 1822 becoming Professor of Oriental Languages.
He gained a Doctorate in Laws from Glasgow University in 1834.
Containing all the words that occur in the books used in most schools and collegiate courses London: Whittaker & Co. Dublin and edited the Munster Agricultural Magazine in Cork.
For Rees's Cyclopædia he contributed the article on Ireland (Vol 19), 1811 and other Irish topics.
The Philosophical Magazine article (1820) also says he wrote about Geography.