M O N TOR O 



RAFAEL MONTORO 



Orator; publicist; diplo- 

 mat; Secretary of the 

 Presidency of Cuba. 



Rafael Montoro was born in the city 

 of Havana on the twenty-fourth of October, 

 1852, scion or an old family, whose ample 

 means and close affiliations with Spain 

 enabled him to pursue most of his studies in 

 Madrid. There at the age of fifteen he began 

 to study law, literature, and philosophy. 



He began his literary career as editorial- 

 ist and contributor to the Revista Europea 

 and other publications including the Re- 

 vista Contempordtiea of which he was 

 Chief Editor, taking an active part in the 

 proceedings of the Atheneum of Madrid, 

 having been elected Vice-president of its 

 Political and Moral Sciences Section in 

 1877; also Second Secretary of the As- 

 sociation of Spanish Writers and Artists. 



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