After studying Law in Santiago and Madrid, he worked as a lawyer for some time.
He published several books such as Historia de Vigo y su comarca (1896), Bayona antiguo y moderno (1902), Filología de la lengua gallega (1918) and Metafísica del individualismo (1920). He was preparing other works when he died: Historia de los reyes suevos, Crítica del valor de los ideales, Historia de la literatura gallega, Prehistoria de Galicia, Historia de los reyes suevos, etc.