Folk art and poetry collector Started out as a teacher of the local municipal school, later becoming a schoolmaster. Contributed to various magazines such as Otavan, Prácheň or Lidová čítanka. He described his collection activity in a number of books such as Báje českého Pošumaví, Na šumavském Podlesí, Báje ze Šumavy or Pověsti o hradech a tvrzích v jižních Čechách.