Avgust Pavel was born in Cankova, where stands the house he was born in. Later, his family moved to Skakovci and from there to Potrno (Laafeld in Austria). Avgust finished (secondary) school in Szentgotthárd and Szombathely and went to study linguistics at the university in Budapest, where he earned his doctor's degree. He taught at multiple schools and, after 1920, he taught at a secondary school in Szombathely. He was curator of a museum, where he founded the magazine called Vasi Szemle. Pavel is the author of several academic articles on linguistics and ethnology, he wrote poems, translated, and worked to collect and preserve the cultural heritage of the wider cross-border areas.