AVERHOFF 



OCTAVIO AVERHOFF Y PLA 



Lawyer; teacher. 



Octavio Averhoff y Pla was born on 

 the fifth of March, 1876, in Havana, where 

 he was educated and has passed his life. 

 His early education was obtained in El 

 Progreso the private school of primary and 

 secondary education maintained by the 

 distinguished scholar and naturalist, Dr. 

 Carlos de la Torre. Later AverhofT at- 

 tended the University of Havana and there 

 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Laws 

 in the year 1896, before he was yet twenty 

 years old. In the following year he was 

 appointed Professor in the University and 

 in 1902 he won in competitive examination 

 the chair of Roman Law. 



Meanwhile he has continued to practice 

 his profession on which he entered in 1899, 

 as soon as he had reached the age prescribed 

 by law. 



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