F I GU ER O A 



LEOPOLDO FIGUEROA Y MARTI 



Physician; public man. 



Leopoldo Figueroa y Marti was born 

 on the ninth of October, 1858, in Santa 

 Isabel de las Lajas, Province of Santa 

 Clara. He was educated in Spain whither 

 his father had been deported for political 

 reasons and where, after completing the 

 courses leading to the Bachelor's degree, 

 he pursued the studies in the Faculty of 

 Medicine for the degree of Doctor in Phar- 

 macy which was granted him in 1881. He 

 then returned to Cuba and established him- 

 self first inCardenas and later at Cienfuegos. 



Early in 1896 he joined the Revolution, 

 taking part in the expedition of Colonel 

 Arteaga and thereafter serving until the 

 end of the war under the command of 

 General Jose Miguel Gomez where he rose 

 to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During 



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