CESPEDES 



CARLOS MIGUEL DE CESPEDES 



Lawyer; financier; politician . 



Carlos Miguel de Cespedes y Ortiz 

 was born on the sixth of August, 1881, in 

 Matanzas where he passed through the 

 earlier stages of education, thence passing 

 to Santa Clara where he took the courses 

 necessary for the Bachelor's degree in the 

 Institute and finally entering the Uni- 

 versity of Havana where he graduated as 

 Doctor of Civil and Public Law while he 

 was still a minor. 



On account of his youth he accepted a 

 post as Clerk in the Department of Justice 

 where he continued until 1905 when he 

 resigned to practice his profession in as- 

 sociation with Dr. Jose Manuel Cortina. 



In 1909 he was appointed Consulting 

 Attorney to the Department of Public 

 Works. In 191 1 he took part in organizing 



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