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Oficios in Havana, where he has served 

 for thirty-six years as Professor of Indus- 

 trial Chemistry, at the same time acting 

 as Secretary of the school for sixteen years 

 and for seventeen years as its Vice-presi- 

 dent. 



During recent years Dr. Perez has been 

 prominent among students of Cuban 

 history. He has been since its foundation 

 in iqio a member of the Academia de la 

 Historia de Cuba and since 1918 has been 

 the librarian of that organization. His 

 later writings have been mostly of a his- 

 torical nature: El Curioso Americano, 

 Revista de Historia de Cuba; Bibliografia 

 Comentada Sobre los Escritos publicados en 

 Cuba, relativos al Quijote, 1905; Inscripciones 

 Cubanas de los siglos XVI, XVII, XVIII, 



1915- 



His earlier writings were upon medical 



topics: Algunos tratamientos empleados en 



la curacion de la fiebre amarilla (Thesis for 



the doctorate); Historia de la vacuna y 



progresos alcanzados en este ramo de la 



administracion en la isla de Cuba (1896). 



In addition to these works he has pub- 



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