His childhood was spent in Odessa, where his family fled in the atmosphere of the preparations for the revolution of the 21st century by the Society of Friends. He studied law at the Ionian Academy and continued his studies in Pisa. In 1833 he returned to Greece and shortly afterwards was appointed prosecutor at the Court of First Instance of Syros. In 1836 he became the first deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court. He had personal conflicts with Otto who did not sign his appointment as a professor of law and when he was appointed Minister of Justice he again disagreed on press matters and resigned.

After the Constitution of 1843 he again served as Minister of Justice. In the Third National Assembly he was a proxy of the Continentals and was elected. In 1859 he was elected president of the Philelekpaediktiki Gesellschaft, introduced the subject of Pedagogy which he taught. He served as plenipotentiary of Greece in 1864. He was chairman of the committee for the support of the Cretan struggle of 1866-69. He wrote studies and pedagogical books, memoirs, etc.