Education
Vilnius University.
Vilnius University.
Foreign a year he worked in Kražiai as a private teacher, before enrolling into the Art and Literature Department of Vilnius University. There he was influenced by democratic ideas of professors such as Joachim Lelewel and Ignacy Onacewicz. Stanevičius joined a cultural movement to promote the Lithuanian language.
Stanevičius then moved to Raseiniai and lived in the Plater estate, managing their private library.
During the Uprising of 1830, Stanevičius traveled to Königsberg where he met with Ludwig Rhesa and collected materials for future publications. After death of his patron Jerzy Plater in 1836, Stanevičius moved to the estate of Jerzy"s brother Kazimierz Plater in Stemplėson
There Stanevičius continued to care for the 3,000-piece library until his death of tuberculosis in 1848.