Career
He was brother-in-law to Krakow University law professor and rector Franciszek Kasparek. In 1873, he was inducted into the Krakow-based Academy of Learning. Also in 1873, he co-founded the Tatras Society (Towarzystwo Tatrzańskie).
In 1879, he founded the National Fishing Society (Krajowe Towarzystwo Rybackie).
Nowicki sought to give a practical bent to his research. He wrote: "In the interest of husbandry in this country, it is appropriate to develop a knowledge of animals that are harmful to husbandry.. and of animals that are useful to" lieutenant was chiefly thanks to him that the Galician Sejm in 1868 passed a law protecting chamois, marmots and Alpine birds in the Tatra Mountains.