EDELMANN 



FEDERICO EDELMANN Y PINTO 



Educator. 



Federico Edelmanin y Pinto was born 

 in Havana on the twenty-sixth of May, 

 1869. He was educated at the Colegio of 

 Belen in Havana. After studying also at 

 the School of Painting and Sculpture in 

 Havana, he was appointed in 1892 Pro- 

 fessor of Spanish Language and Literature 

 by the New York City Board of Educa- 

 tion. In this capacity he taught at the 

 Evening High School of New York City, 

 and in 1898 he became Professor in the 

 same branches at the De Witt Clinton 

 High School. Both of these positions he 

 rilled until 1905/ when he was placed in 

 charge of the chair of English at the In- 

 stitute of Havana, a position won after 

 competition. From 1889 to 1892 he was 

 employed on the staff of Frank Leslie's 



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