Career
In 1844, he was one of the founders of the Vlaemsch Belgie, the first daily paper in the Flemish interest. In his novels and theatre plays he sketched the selfishness of farmers and citizens or the adventures of captains and seamen. His animal tales are considered to be his best work, such as Arabella Knox (1855), in which he introduced the English humor in Flanders and by their lively structure remained readable for a modern audience.
Together with J.F. Vandevelde he published dictionaries.