Federico Henríquez y Carvajal

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Henríquez and the second or maternal family name is Carvajal.

Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (16 September 1848 – 4 February 1952) was a writer, journalist and teacher from the Dominican Republic.

Biography[edit]

Born in Santo Domingo, Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Dutch Sephardic Jew from Curaçao, and Clotilde Carvajal Fernández, a Dominican woman; he had 10 siblings, including Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal, who was President of the Dominican Republic.[1] Henríquez was uncle of Francisco, Pedro, Max [es], and Camila Henríquez Ureña.

He was married to Carmen María Amalia García Ricardo and had 10 children: Ángel Porfirio, Flor de María Gregoria, Fernando Abel, Luz, Carmela, Enriquillo, Federico Noel, Luis Adolfo, Salvador Colombino, and Carmita María Adelina.[2]

Henríquez was Rector of the University of Santo Domingo and Chairman of the Dominican Academy of History. He also was Justice-President of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic and Minister of Home Affairs.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Read, Jaime (21 August 2010). "Familias Capitaleñas: Los Henríquez (1 de 3)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ Read, Jaime (4 September 2010). "Familias Capitaleñas: Los Henríquez (2 de 3)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Federico Henríquez y Carvajal". Educando.edu.do (in Spanish). September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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First Chairman of the Dominican Academy of History
1931–1944 		Succeeded by
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