Born in Križevci 1845th where he finished elementary school, high school in Zagreb, and classical languages​​, philosophy and Slavic Studies in Vienna. Already in the 27th year of life he became co-editor with John Dežman, then a little self-editor of the most prominent Croatian literary journal Garland (1872nd to 1873rd). Year 1874. became a full professor at the University of Zagreb and the first dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. Than in 1881. 1890th was an opposition member Križevci electoral districts in the Croatian Parliament. His philosophical views expounded in his book "The development and system obćenite aesthetic" that affected the development of Croatian philosophy of history, examination of aesthetics in the Croatian language and the introduction of philosophical terminology in Croatian language. His best literary work of epic house and the world. Born during the Croatian national revival, in the epic world of house and covers precisely the period of political defeat and a picture of Croatian society after 1848th.
The native soil in the epic world of house and Markovic writes:

Tko s njome živi, sretnik je med ljudi,
Prenesretan tko ostavit je žudi,
A klet, tko radi, da ju tuđin gazi